HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Kalendas Decembres.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Return 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: Cicatrix manet (English: The scar remains).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Ratione, non vi (English: By reason, not force).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Colubra restem non parit (English: A snake does not beget a rope).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Hic timens Charybdim, incidi in Scyllam (English: Fearing Charybdis, I fell into Scylla).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Tristior Areopagita (English: 1.9.41; from Adagia More gloomy than an Areopagite - The Areopagus was the Hill of Mars in Athens, and the Areopagites were members of the court which convened there, hence proverbially grim, silent and gloomy).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Θεός τε τοῖς ἀργοῦσιν οὐ παρίσταται (English: God does not help lazy people).
BREVISSIMA: The distich for today is Fratres Concordes.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Aut Caesar, aut nihil.
Either a Caesar. or nothing.
Felix qui pacificus.
Happy is he who is peaceable.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Formica Alata, in which an ant makes a reckless request of Jupiter (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo Senex et Vulpes, a story made famous by Horace.
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: SINE SOLE SILEO.
