HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Dirce; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Vivere sat vincere (English: To live is victory enough).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Nemo effugit futurum (English: No one escapes what will be).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Laeta seges parvis ubertim crescit in arvis (English: Happy is the crop that grows abundantly in little fields).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Alius est qui seminat, et alius est qui metit (John 4:37). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Multi te oderint, si te ipsum amas: Many shal hate thee, if thou love thy self. Undoubtedly, nothing is more hurtfull to a man, then self love is, neyther is it possible, but that he must needes displease manie, that pleaseth himselfe, and standeth best in his owne conceite.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is De Seipso. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Vino tempera.
Keep your drinking under control.
Ubi pericula, ibi gloria.
Where danger, there glory.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Asinus et Viatores Duo, the story of a donkey and two quarrelsome wayfarers (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Iuppiter et Olitoris Asinus, the donkey in this story is a more unfortunate creature than the one in the previous fable.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo, Mus, et Vulpes, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
