HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem sextum Nonas Iulias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Ino and Melicertes; 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: Amor aedificat (English: Love builds up).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Repetitio mater memoriae (English: Repetition is the mother of memory).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Canis in praesepi (English: The dog in the manger). 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: Virtutis omnis impedimentum est timor (English: Fear is an obstacle to every virtue).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Lupus in fabula (English: Speak of the wolf; from Adagia 3.8.56 - which is the Latin equivalent of our "Speak of the devil" ... and he appears).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Intentus in Unum. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Altius tendo.
I strive to go higher.
Cavendo tutus.
By being cautious, safe.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Canis et Bos, the famous story of the dog in the manger which showed up in a proverb today too (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Pisces, Magni et Minuti, a story about why "small is beautiful."
