panis

• Language: Latin
• Romanized: panis
• Original script: panis
• Gloss: bread

The basic Latin word for bread. It is the noun the Vulgate carries forward from leḥem and artos, and the noun the Western liturgical tradition would say more often than any other food name.

Concordance Aid

No direct Bible Hub concordance aid is available for this Latin entry. Compare Lehem and Artos for Hebrew and Greek concordance aids.

Reading Note

Example passages: Matthew 6:11 in the Vulgate; Luke 11:3 in the Vulgate; Latin eucharistic and devotional use.

Panis carried the biblical bread vocabulary into the Latin West. It could name ordinary bread, prayed-for bread, or eucharistic bread according to context. The word helped shape how Western Christians heard bread for centuries.

Translation Range

Bread, loaf, bread-food. Nearby Latin words include cibus for food and alimentum for nourishment.

Not To Be Confused With

Panis is not a technical nutrition term. It is the broad Latin bread word, and its theological meaning depends on context.

Modern Caution

Panis is not a modern nutrition label. Its meaning is literary, liturgical, and cultural before it can be brought into a modern food argument.

Related entries

• Lehem — Hebrew equivalent
• Artos — Greek equivalent
• Baculum Panis — staff of bread (Vulgate)
• Quotidianum — daily (Jerome’s Luke)
• Supersubstantialem — supersubstantial (Jerome’s Matthew)