HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Decembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Polyxena at the Well; 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 vincet (English: The truth will be victorious).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Labor gloriae pater (English: Effort is the father of glory).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Di lanatos pedes habent (English: The gods have woollen feet). 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: Discipulus est prioris posterior dies (English: The day after is the student of the day before).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Cauda tenes anguillam (English: You're trying to hold an eel by the tail; from Adagia 1.4.94 - which means you won't have it for long!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Maritus Uxorque. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Amor caecus.
Love is blind.
Ex luna scientia.
From the moon, knowledge.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Quercus et Iuppiter, the story of trees that are their own worst enemies (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cervus et Vitis, a karma fable.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Pastor, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
