HODIE: ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Maias (and yes, you can have your own Roman Google Calendar).
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is CORPUS - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Nemo liber est qui corpori servit, "No one is free who is a slave to the body."
BESTIARIA PROVERBS: There are some new animal proverbs today for TIGRIS, the tiger, and GRACULUS , the jackdaw. Here's a nice one: Alius est clamor graculi, alius lusciniae cantus, "The squawking of the jackdaw is one thing, and the singing of the nightingale is another."
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Socrates et Xanthippe, a hilarious little story about Socrates and his much maligned wife Xanthippe.
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Canes et Agricola Penuria Laborans, the story of what the dogs learned by watching the farmer in a time of famine.
MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Ursae Catuli et Leaena, a story about a mama bear trying to lick her cubs into shape. (You can also a free PDF copy of the Mille Fabulae et Una book.)
MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The latest fables with images are Psittacus et Turtur, a story about birds domestic and imported, and Sapiens, Rex et Barba Eius, a funny little story about the king and a wise-guy.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Hodges' Supplement to Smith's Latin Lessons and Scott's First Latin Lessons.
DISTICHA: Today's little poems are Ostia cur claudis, si vocem pauperis audis? / Fac, quae Christus amat, dum pauper ad ostia clamat. (from Wegeler) and Scribere me quereris, Velox, epigrammata longa. / Ipse nihil scribis: tu breviora facis. (from Martial).
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at Schoolhouse Widgets.
Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Patientia vinces (English: By means of patience, you will triumph).
3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Ratione, non ira (English: With thought, not anger).
Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Perdimus anguillam dum manibus stringimus illam (English: We lose the eel when we squeeze it with our hands).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Qui ambulat in tenebris, nescit quo vadat (English: He who walks in the shadows knows not where he goes).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Κακὸν δῶρον ἴσον ζημία (English: An evil gift is like a harm done).
Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Daedali alae (English: The wings of Daedalus; from Adagia 3.1.65). Erasmus explains that this is said when someone comes up with a new invention under the pressure of dire necessity. Here's a Greek stamp in honor of Daedalus and Icarus:
