Happy Thanksgiving, everybody - I'll be back on November 26! :-)
HODIE: ante diem nonum Kalendas Decembres (and yes, you can have your own Roman Google Calendar).
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is LEX - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Quid leges sine moribus?, "What good are laws without moral character?"
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Cornix et Urna, a story about how brains are better than brawn.
BESTIARIA PROVERBS: There are some new animal proverbs today for CAMELUS, the camel, and CURCULIO, the weevil.
MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Cygnus et Ciconia , a fable of the swan's song. (You can also a free PDF copy of the Mille Fabulae et Una book - and there's an English fable of the day, too.)
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at SchoolhouseWidgets.com.
Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Rara bonitas (English: Goodness is rare).
3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Deus robur meum (English: God is my unshakable strength).
Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Dum fugans canis mingit, fugiens lepus evadit (English: When the dog in pursuit stops to pee, the fleeing rabbit gets away).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Hic timens Charybdim, incidi in Scyllam (English: Fearing Charybdis, I fell into Scylla).
Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Amicus cupit esse alter Hercules (English: A friend wishes to be another Hercules; from Adagia 1.7.41).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίος. (English: A scorpion lurks under every stone).
For an image today, here is the wise crow: 447. Cornix et Urna. Sitibunda cornix reperit urnam aqua plenam, sed erat urna profundior quam ut exhauri a cornice possit. Conatur igitur vano molimine aquam effundere, sed non valet. Lectos igitur ex arena lapillulos iniectat. Hoc modo aqua levatur et cornix bibit. Necessitas est ingenii mater. (source - versio facilis)
