HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas Martias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Head of Medusa; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Lauda finem (English: Praise the ending).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Forti nihil difficile (English: For the brave man, nothing is difficult).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Cattus saepe satur cum capto mure iocatur (English: A cat with a full stomach often plays with the mouse it has caught).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Dominus pauperem facit et ditat (English: The Lord makes a man poor, and makes him rich).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Apertae Musarum ianuae (English: The doors of the Muses are open; from Adagia 2.7.41 — it refers to a person who is creative and quick-witted).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Γέρων ἀλώπηξ οὐχ ἁλίσχεται πάγῃ (English: The old fox is not caught in the snare).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vitam Regit Fortuna, Non Sapientia. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Labore et scientia.
By effort and knowledge.
Qui rapit, habet.
He who grabs, has.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Sus Parturiens et Lupus, the story of a sow and an unlikely midwife (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Cervus et Cornua Eius, a story about a mistaken body image.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes, Vultur et Ostrea, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
