HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum Kalendas Decembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Oenone (image source); 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: Tandem iustitia (English: Justice, at last).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Via trita tutissima (English: The well-worn way is the safest).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nutrit et accipiter pullos suos (English: Even a hawk nourishes its chicks). 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: Nec vita nec fortuna hominibus perpes est (English: Neither life nor luck is something that lasts forever).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Elephantus non capit murem (English: An elephant doesn't chase mice; from Adagia 1.9.70).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is De Somno. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Fallaces sunt rerum species.
The appearances of things are deceiving.
Labor ferendus est cibum petentibus.
Work must be endured by those seeking food.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Crocodilus et Canis, the story of a crocodile who tried to trick the dog running by the Nile.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mustela et Lima, the story of a relentless weasel (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Acies Eius , with links to the audio and to the blog post.
