HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum 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: Servabo fidem (English: I will keep the faith).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Scientia sol mentis. (English: Knowledge is the sun of the mind).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Dubium sapientiae initium (English: Doubt is the beginning of wisdom). 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: Damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum (English: Profit earned with a damaged reputation should be called loss).
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... something like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Nil Magis Nostrum Est Quam Tempus. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Nulli iniuria facienda.
Do wrong to no one.
Deo et Fortunae me committo.
I commit myself to God and to Luck.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Haedus Saltans et Lupus, the story of a wise kid and a foolish wolf.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mures Duo, the famous story of the city mouse and the country mouse (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo, Filius Eius, Ursi et Vulpes, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
