HODIE: ante diem tertium Nonas Septembres.
ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Epaminondas, the famous story of the death of Epaminondas.
VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's NEW word is VITA - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Longa est vita, si plena est, "A life is long, if it is full."
VERBUM WIDGET: The word from the daily widget is DO - which also has a brief essay at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in that essay: Non cunctis dat cuncta deus, "God does not give all things to all people."
FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Tubicen Captus, the story of a non-combatant captured by the enemy in battle.
FABULAE FACILES WIDGET: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Crocodilus et Canis, the story of the danger faced by a dog who takes a drink from the Nile.
MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The latest fables with images are Quercus et Arbuscula, the story of why it is better to be a little bush than a mighty oak, and Delphinus et Piscis Nomine Lupus, the story of a dolphin and an ambitious pike.
MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo Senex, Gemens, the story of the indignities suffered by an elderly lion.
GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Lodge's Vocabulary of High School Latin and Sharpe's Nomenclator Poeticus.
TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at Schoolhouse Widgets.
Tiny Mottoes: Today's tiny motto is: Amico Hercule (English: With Hercules as my friend - and Hercules is, of course, a very good god to have on your side).
3-Word Proverbs Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Sapientia gubernator navis (English: Wisdom is the pilot of the ship)
Audio Latin Proverb: Today's audio Latin proverb is Caesar non supra grammaticos (English: Caesar is not superior to the grammarians). 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: Levis est fortuna: cito reposcit, quod dedit (English: Fortune is fickle: she's quick to take back what she has given).
Animal Proverb from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Furemque fur cognoscit, et lupum lupus (English: Thief knows thief, wolf knows wolf; from Adagia 2.3.63).
For an image today, here is the story of Epaminondas: Epaminondas, Thebanorum imperator, in pugna ad Mantineam graviter vulneratus est. Cum animam recepisset, interrogavit circumstantes amicos, "Num clipeus salvus esset?" Deinde, "Num hostes fusi essent?" Illi utrumque affirmaverunt. Tum demum hastam e corpore extrahi iussit. Quo facto statim exspiravit. (source - you can read more about Epaminondas at Wikipedia)
