HODIE: ante diem quartum 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 features a famous quote attributed to Caesar on the occasion of the contested election for pontifex maximus: comitiorum die matrem eum cum lacrimis ad fores persequentem quum salutasset, Hodie, inquit, mater, filium tuum aut pontificem maximum aut exsulem uidebis.
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: Domina omnium et regina ratio (English: Reason is the queen and the mistress of all - and she is a queen because the Latin word ratio is feminine).
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 Verba volant, littera scripta manet (English: Words fly away; written letters remain). 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: Diligentia ditat (English: Hard work pays off).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Pax potior bello (English: Peace is preferable to war).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Quid vides festucam in oculo fratris tui et trabem in oculo tuo non vides? (Matt. 7:3). 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 Habitabit lupus cum agno (English: The wolf will dwell with the lamb... in that paradisiacal future yet to come!).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Momo mordacior (English: More biting than Momus - and the Greek god Momus was proverbial for his biting criticism!).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Καρκῖνος ὀρθα βαδίζειν οὐ μεμάθηκεν. (English: The crab did not learn how to walk straight - as we saw in yesterday's fable!). 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 Sol et Ventus, the story of the contest between the sun and the wind.
Aesopus Elegiacus: For my next book project, I'm collecting Aesop's fables told in the form of elegiac couplets. Today's elegiac poem is Agricola et Filii et Vinea, the story of a farmer's sneaky legacy to his sons.
Fable of the Day: Today's fables of the day from Barlow is DE RUSTICO ET ARATRO SUO (, the story of a farmer who called on Hercules for help.
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 Vulpes et Caput Humanum, the story of a fox who found a sculpted human head made of marble.
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 Uter? Quī?, a little book about asking and answering questions in Latin contributed by Anita Wasdahl.
