HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem quartum Idus Maias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Europa and the Bull; 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: Vigilando (English: By keeping vigilant).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Omne futurum incertum (English: Every future thing is uncertain).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nemo cum sarcinis enatat (English: No one swims away with his bundles). 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: Deliberando saepe perit occasio (English: Often opportunity is lost while pondering).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Cancros lepori comparas (English: You're comparing crabs to a rabbit; from Adagia 1.8.85... sort of like apples and oranges, but with animals instead!).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Qui Probitate Caret. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Vos estis lux mundi.
You are the light of the world.
Utere praesenti, caelo committe futura.
Make use of the present; consign the future to heaven.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Cervus et Amici Eius, a story about how friends can be as dangerous as enemies (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Alcedo et Nidus Eius, a sad story about the halcyon's quest to build its nest.
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo et Unicornis, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
