HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem duodevicesimum Kalendas Ianuarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows The Origin of the Milky Way; you can also see the legends for the current week listed together here.
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TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY PROVERBS: Today's tiny proverb is: Fatum immutabile (English: What is fated cannot be changed).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Secundis dubiisque rectus (English: In prosperity and uncertainty, upright).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Inter simios oportet esse simium (English: Among monkeys, you need to be a monkey).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Ferrum ferro acuitur (English: Iron is sharpened with iron).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Nunc pluit, et claro nunc Iuppiter aethere fulget (English: Now Jupiter rains, and now he shines forth from the clear sky; from Adagia 1.8.65 - Jupiter IS the weather).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Ἐν τοῖς τόποις τυφλῶν γλάμων βασιλεύει (English: In the regions of the blind, the blear-eyed man rules).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Furor Fit Laesa Saepius Patientia. Click here for a full-sized view.
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And here are today's proverbial LOLcats... in honor of winter!
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Sequitur ver hiemem.
Spring follows winter.
Cogitato hiems quam longa sit.
Think how long the winter is.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Olea et Cucurbita, a fable about winter's advent in the plant world!
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Simia et Gemelli Eius, the monkey mother has twin children, but she treats each one differently (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Holiday Songs. Today's song is the lovely medieval song known as Quempas, or Quem Pastores Laudavere; you can find the Latin lyrics at the blog post.