HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Death of Lucretia; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Veritas superabit (English: The truth will triumph).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Vinum memoriae mors (English: Wine is the death of memory)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Optimus magister bonus liber (English: The best teacher is a good book). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum (English: No one ever reached the top by being afraid).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Ovem lupo commisisti (English: You've entrusted your sheep to a wolf; from Adagia 1.4.10... which is like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Malum Minus. Click here for a full-sized view; the poem has a vocabulary list and an English translation, too.
And here is today's proverbial lolcat:
TODAY'S FABLES AND SONGS:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo et Vulpes, Socii, the sad story of an overly ambitious fox.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Camelus et Iuppiter, the story of the foolish camel who wanted to have horns (this fable has a vocabulary list).
