HODIE (Roman Calendar): pridie Idus Apriles, the day before the Ides of April.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Ixion; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Scienter utor (English: I enjoy things wisely).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Veritas temporis filia (English: Truth is the daughter of time)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Aut rex aut asinus (English: Either a king or a donkey). 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: Minus est quam servus dominus, qui servos timet (English: A master who fears his slaves is less than a slave).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Sub omni lapide scorpius dormit (English: Under every rock sleeps a scorpion; from Adagia 1.4.34).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Maximae Opes Prodesse. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/egometsummihiimperator.jpg)
![](http://widgets.bestmoodle.net/images/lolcat/caveabeoquemnonnosti.jpg)
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Graculus et Pavones, a fable of borrowed feathers (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo, Vacca, Capra, et Ovis, the famous story of the lion's share.
![leo, vacca, capra et ovis](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4909571588_2fce17ea51.jpg)
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: Umbra Transit, Lux Manet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPnDwVagK7qpivB1NLeWSA4IN-vUlHamdFYGZ2-6EVHQOYcQIGsAIzCxJi8NXY5pgO7iTOALTyQ5N-sfLWEMg3Qu0nipUP1NcqwuxZlK6eOuetlR9DzhBxlh3tRrjtVwv1nmOW6JdcuA/s1600/umbratransit.jpg)