Have a nice weekend, everybody!
HODIE: ante diem septimum Idus Octobres. 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 POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. It is another of Owen's epigrams, very much in the memento mori tradition! There's a word list at NoDictionaries.com.
Cor nisi cura nihil. Caro nil nisi triste cadaver.English: "The heart is nothing if not worry. The flesh is nothing if not a sad corpse. To be born is to be ill, and to live is often to die." So, yes, I admit that the sentiment is very gloomy indeed - but that does not stop the epigram itself from being charmingly composed, especially that first line! Euge!
Nasci aegrotare est, || vivere saepe mori.
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 Latin portion refers to Caesar consolidating his gains in Spain: Rebus bellicis bene compositis, ciuiles eadem felicitate constituit, ciuitates ad concordiam reducens et maxime rixas inter debitores et creditores tollens.
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 a nice rhyming one from today: Luxuriat vitis, nisi falce putare velitis (English: The vine grows out of control unless you are willing to prune it with the sickle).
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 Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini (English: A friend to all, a friend to none). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Heredis fletus sub persona risus est (English: eneath the mask of the heir's grief is a smile).
Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Post mortem fumus, pulvis et umbra sumus (English: After death we are smoke, dust, and shadow).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Capilli capitis vestri omnes numerati sunt (English: All the hairs of your head are numbered).
Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Rara avis (English: A rare bird - which is a saying that has quite a life of its own in English, too!).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Dat ira vires (English: Anger gives strength... which is part of what makes it so dangerous!).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Spem sicut anchoram habemus animae, tutam ac firmam (Heb. 6:19). 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 Pisces vorant maiores minores (English: The big fish eat the little ones).
Latin Animal Proverb of the Day from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb is Gallus insilit (English: The rooster leaps up; from Adagia 3.3.22; this refers to someone, seemingly defeated in a fight, who springs back up to fight again).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Nudato Petro, Paulus tegitur (English: Peter having been stripped naked, Paul is clothed - the Latin version of "robbing Peter to pay Paul").
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Νῷ πείθου (English: Heed your mind!).
TODAY'S FABLES:
Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Delphinus et Pisciculus, a story about a doomed little fish, and how misery loves company.
Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE CORNICE ET URNA, the wonderful story of the crow and the pot of water - one of my favorite Aesop's fables!
In honor of Publilius's saying for today - Heredis fletus sub persona risus est - I thought I would use this tragic mask as the image for today:
