HODIE: pridie Idus Februarias (and yes, you can have your own Roman Google Calendar).
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is EXPONO - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Qui se exponit periculo, peribit in illo, "He who exposes himself to danger will die thereby."
BESTIARIA PROVERBS: There are some new animal proverbs today for MOLOSSUS , an ancient dog breed, and PERCA, the perch.
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Serpens et Filius Eius, the story of something like a snake mafioso.
MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Aesopus et Arcus, a story about Aesop and the importance of taking a break now and then. (You can also a free PDF copy of the Mille Fabulae et Una book.)
MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The latest fables with images are Sus et Canis Venaticus, the pig who doesn't understand the rewards of being a good dog, and Canis et Dominus Morans, the story of a dog ready to go for a walk.
ENGLISH AESOP: The latest new fables are The Lion and the Mouse and Jupiter and the Cat. (Plus, there's an English "fable of the day" each day, too.)
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Book is Fowle's First Easy Latin Reading Book - Aesop's Fables, a set of 20 fables for beginning readers with notes and vocabulary.
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at SchoolhouseWidgets.com.
Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Leonem radere (English: To shave the lion - which is a dangerous business indeed!).
3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Nunquam non fidelis (English: Never unfaithful).
Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Anguilla a digitis saepe est dilapsa peritis (English: An eel has often slipped through experienced fingers - and of course that can be a real eel, or a metaphorical one!).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Oderint dum metuant (English: Let them hate me, so long as they fear me - words infamously attributed to Caligula).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Λύπης πάσης γίνετ' ἰατρὸς χρόνος (English: Time is the doctor of all pain).
Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Ultra Epimenidem dormis (English: You're sleeping longer than Epimenides; from Adagia 1.9.64). Epimenides is the Greek philosopher who supposedly fell asleep in a cave for nearly sixty years and, when he awoke, he found he had the power of prophecy. Here is a Renaissance image in honor of Epimenides!
