HODIE: ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas Augustas.
SCALA SAPIENTIAE: The latest rungs on the Scala are Scala 46 (2251-2300) and Scala 47 (2301-2350). Here's a good one: Noli committere omnia uni navi, "Don't entrust all your stuff to one ship" (compare the English saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket").
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is VALDE - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Saepe etiam est stultus valde opportuna locutus, "Often even a fool has spoken things that are exactly spot-on."
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Bacchus, Iovis Filius, the strange birth story of Bacchus.
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Struthiocamelus Perfidus, the story of the treacherous antics of the camel in the war of the birds and the beasts.
MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Feles et Gallinae, the story of the cat who wanted to be a doctor to the chickens.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Young's New Latin Delectus and Thring's Latin Gradual .
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at Schoolhouse Widgets.
Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Vivat veritas (English: Long live truth).
3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Omnia idem pulvis (English: Everything is the same dust)
Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nihil annis velocius (English: Nothing is faster than the years). 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: Semper quiescens des iniuriae locum (English: By always taking it easy, you invite your own injury).
Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Citius elephantum sub ala celes (English: You'd more quickly hide an elephant under your arm; from Adagia 2.5.56 - compare the English proverbial impossibility "when hell freezes over").
For an image today, here's a "Wordle" I made for the latest installment of proverbs at the Scala! Thanks to Rachel Ash over at Google+Circles for reminding me about the power of Wordle. Is anybody else out there using Google+Circles? You can find me there at http://plus.ly/lauragibbs (and if you'd like an invite to Google+, just send me a note - laurakgibbs AT gmail).
