HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem octavum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Hylas and the Nymphs, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word motto is Vincam malum bono (English: I will overcome evil with good).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Nummus regnat ubique (English: Money reigns everywhere).
RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Laeta seges parvis ubertim crescit in arvis (English: Happy is the crop that grows abundantly in little fields).
VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Omnes vos fratres estis (Matt. 23:8). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Lucem Diei in Lecto Videns. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Lux umbra dei est.
Light is God's shadow.
Fac hodie: fugit haec non reditura dies.
Do it today: this day runs away, not to return.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The English translation for today from the Mille Fabulae et Una book is Leo Senex, Vulpes, et Lupus, a story about the trickster tricked.
PHAEDRI FABULAE: The illustrated fable from Phaedrus for today is Rana rupta et bos, a story about the danger of comparing yourself to others: Latin text and Smart's translation.
STEINHOWEL: The illustrated fable from Steinhowel for today is de aquila, testudine et corvo, a story about a turtle... although it sure does look like a snail in Steinhowel: Latin text and English versions.
