HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quintum Idus Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Abduction of Persephone; 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: Finem respice (English: Keep the end in sight).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Post mala prudentior (English: Wiser after misfortune).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Simia est simia, etiamsi aurea gestet insignia (English: A monkey is a monkey, even if it wears gold medals).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit (English: Fawning begets friends, but truth begets hatred).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Porro a Iove atque fulmine (English: Far from Jupiter, and from his lightning bolt; from Adagia 1.3.96).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Λύπης πάσης γίνετ' ἰατρὸς χρόνος (English: Time is the doctor of all pain).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Fortuna Vocor. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Divitiae non semper optimis contingunt.
Wealth does not always fall to those who are best.
Multa docet fames.
Hunger teaches many things.
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Musca et Quadrigae, the story of a self-important fly.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Mors et Pauper, a story about being careful what you ask for (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpecula et Tintinnabulum, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
