HODIE: ante diem duodecimum Kalendas Apriles. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.
TODAY'S PODCAST:
Heri Hodie Cras Podcast: Today's audio podcast is Latin Via Proverbs: Group 34, which features this saying about the Trojan Horse: Danaum fatale munus. (The deadly gift of the Greeks).
TODAY'S PROVERBS:
You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.
Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Twitter feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's a recent one - which I dearly hope is true: Iocos et dii amant. (English: The gods too love jokes - it's nice to think that the gods have a sense of humor!).
Audio Latin Proverbs: I've added a NEW blog essay and audio for this Latin proverb: A deo est omnis medela (All healing is from God), which comes from the non-canonical Wisdom book, called Ecclesiasticus in Latin - although the blog post explains the many different titles applied to this wonderful book!
Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is Scienter utere (English: Use things skillfully - a very nice use of the adverb scienter).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is Fac et spera (English: Do and hope - a motto that definitely suits my way of approaching life!).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is In magna domo non solum sunt vasa aurea et argentea, sed et lignea et fictilia (II Tim. 2:20). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is In quo nascetur asinus corio morietur (English: The donkey will die in the skin in which he'll be born - a proverb with the charm of rhyme to recommend it).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Tanquam Argivum clypeum abstulerit, ita gloriatur (English: He's boasting as if he'd carried off an Argive shield - with the Argive shield being a symbol of ultimate military prowess in the ancient world - so this saying would mean something like: he's boasting as if he had won the Medal of Honor).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα. (English: The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big one - a marvelous saying you can read more about here). If you look at the Greek Proverb of the Day widget, you'll see it comes with a Latin translation, too.
TODAY'S FABLES:
Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow's Aesop is DE GALLO GALLINACEO (the story of a rooster who found a treasure in the dung heap). You can use the Javascript to include the fable of the day automatically each day on your webpage or blog - meanwhile, to find out more about today's fable, visit the Ning Resource Page for this fable, where you will find links to the text, commentary, and a discussion board for questions and comments.
Latin Via Fables: Simplified Fables: I'm now presenting the "Barlow Aesop" collection, fable by fable, in a SIMPLIFIED version (same story, but in simpler sentences) - with a SLIDESHOW presentation to go along with it, too. Today's Simplified fable is De Leone, Asino et Gallo, the story of a donkey who thought he could take on a lion.
Aesop's Fables in Latin now available at Amazon.com.
