HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas Martias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Hylas and the Nymphs; 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 Malum bono vince (English: Conquer evil with good).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Etiam prudentissimus peccat (English: Even the most prudent man makes mistakes).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Multa facit dira, si non compescitur ira (English: Anger can do many terrible things, if it is not held in check).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Vos estis lux mundi (Matt. 5:14). 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 Conybeare: Homo bulla: A proverbe notinge the frayltie of mannes life which vanisheth awaye like a bubble of water..
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Fert Omnia Secum. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
In libris libertas.
In books there is freedom.
Dulcior est fructus post multa pericula ductus.
Sweeter is the fruit obtained after many dangers.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Asini Spongiis et Sale Onusti, the story of a donkey who is too smart for his own good.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Feles et Venus, the wonderful story of what happened when Venus changed a cat into a woman (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes et Avis Terraneola, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
