HODIE: ante diem duodecimum Kalendas Augustas. 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 TWITTER:
Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's portion continues to explore suspicions about Caesar's larger ambitions: Ibi alii clamare, Caesarem tyrannidem moliri, qui legibus et senatusconsultis abolitos honores restitueret; periculum eum facere iam de animis populi, eosque premollire et explorare, num huiusmodi donis sint mancipati ipsumque rebus huiusmodi ludere et noua affectare patiatur..
Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today: Frustra legit qui non intellegit (English: He reads in vain who reads without understanding... which is why I always urge my students to have Wikipedia at hand when they do readings for class).
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.
Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Mus satur insipidam diiudicat esse farinam (English: The mouse, when full, considers the flour insipid). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Carpe diem (English: Seize the day - which is probably one of the most famous of all Latin sayings!).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Concordia res crescunt (English: With harmony, things prosper - that's the ablative form there in Latin, concordiā).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Beati qui nunc fletis, quia ridebitis (Luke 6:21). 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 Colubram sinu fovet, contra se ipse misericors (English: He's nursing a snake in his bosom, showing pity against his own better interest - a lesson you can see illustrated in the Aesop's fable about the frozen snake).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Invita Minerva (English: Without Minerva's help - a proverbial expression for a work that displays no skill or art or wisdom, the gifts that the goddess Minerva would bestow if she were willing).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντός (English: The beginning is half of the whole... so, if you have a project you wanted to complete this summer, just get started!). If you look at the Greek Proverb of the Day widget, you'll see it comes with a Latin translation, too.
TODAY'S FABLES:
Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Vulpes et Uva, the famous story of the "sour grapes." The fable also has an interactive word list at NoDictionaries.com.
Aesopus Elegiacus: For my next book project, I'm collecting Aesop's fables told in the form of elegiac couplets, two per day. Today's elegiac fables are Corvus et Lupi, the story of a crow who attached himself to a pack of wolves, and Stultus et Muli, the story of a fool who thought he would enter his mule team in an Olympic chariot race. Both fables have interactive word lists at NoDictionaries.com.
Fable of the Day: Today's fables of the day from Barlow is De Partu Montium, the story of a mountain that gave birth to a mouse.
Florilegium Fabularum: I'm working my way, slowly but surely, through the amazing collection of fables by Irenaeus published in 1666. Today's fable is Aquila et Corvus, the story of a crow who wanted to be an eagle.
Tar Heel Readers: Materials continue to accumulate at Tar Heel Reader (keep up with the latest items at the Libelli Latini blog). Today I decided to feature Serpentes, a book about snake, snakes and more snakes!
