HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem nonum Kalendas Iulias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Perseus and Andromeda; 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: Resurgam (English: I shall rise again).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Fames optimum condimentum (English: Hunger is the best seasoning)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Longae regum manus (English: Long are the hands of kings). 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: Nil proprium ducas, quidquid mutari potest (English: Do not consider anything to be your own if it can change).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Mus non ingrediens antrum, cucurbitam ferebat (English: The mouse couldn't get into its hole because it was carrying a pumpkin; from Adagia 3.3.79).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Vae Soli. Click here for a full-sized view. I'm sharing these with English translations at Google+ now too.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Nil timeo.
I fear nothing.
Discat qui nescit; discendo sapientia crescit.
Let him learn who does not know; by learning wisdom grows.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Gallus et Ancillae, a story of unintended consequences (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Vitis et Hircus, a fable about greed ... and karma.
Latin Sundials. Below you will find an image of a sundial, and for detailed information about the Latin motto see this blog post: UMBRA TRANSIT, LUX MANET.
