Round-Up: October 8

Here is a round-up of today's blog posts - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. You can keep up with the latest posts by using the RSS feed, or you might prefer to subscribe by email.

HODIE: ante diem octavum Idus Octobres. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. It's one of the rhyming verses collected by Wegeler, with a word list at NoDictionaries.com:

Ludens taxillis, bene respice, quid sit in illis:
Mors tua, sors tua, res tua, spes tua pendet in illis.

English: "When you are playing with dice, pay attention to what is at stake: Your death, your fate, your business, your hope depend on those dice." You can even see here some ancient Roman dice for sale. They are very pretty! :-)

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion is about Caesar's successes in Spain: Simul atque autem Hispaniam attigit, eam industriam adhibuit, ut paucis diebus cohortibus uiginti suis decem alias adiecerit factaque in Callaicos et Lusitanos expeditione, populos qui Romanis hactenus non paruerant subigendo usque ad Oceanum perrexerit..

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today about the spark in the mind: Ratio est radius divini luminis (English: Thought is a ray of divine light).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Manus operarii corporis, digiti chordarum plectra (English: The hands are the body's workers, the fingers are pluckers of strings). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Necessitas quod poscit, nisi des, eripit (English: Unless you give Necessity what she demands, she will take it by force).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Cum contentus eris, dives tunc efficieris (English: When you will be content, then you will be rich).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Oportet mendacem esse memorem (English: A liar must have a good memory).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Cotidiana vilescunt (English: Everything things grow tedious... although I still like my "quotidian" proverbs!).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Cura omnia potest (English: Care can do all things).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Non ligabis os bovis, terentis in area fruges tuas (Deut. 25:4). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Bos lassus fortius figit pedem (English: The ox, when he is tired, plants his foot more firmly... and I get stubborn when I am tired, too, it's true!).

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb is Testudinem equus insequitur (English: The horse is chasing the turtle; from Adagia 4.4.68 - this sounds like one of those paradoxical proverbs... but it could also have made a good fable, too - kind of like the tortoise and the hare!).

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Mendaces Cretenses (English: The Cretans are liars - as made most famous in the so-called paradox of Epimenides the Cretan).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Διόνυσος μετ' ἀλλήλων εἰσί (English: Aphrodite and Dionysus are paired - which is to say, love and drinking go together!).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE MURE URBANO ET MURE RUSTICO, the story of the city mouse and the country mouse.

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Agricola et Filii (Vinea), the wonderful story of how an old man tricked his sons into working for themselves. Here is an illustration for the story (image source), from a Renaissance edition of Aesop:

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Round-Up: October 7

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HODIE: Nonae Octobres, the Nones of October! You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. It's a dactylic hexameter passage from Horace about the educational value of humor, with a word list at NoDictionaries.com as usual:

[...] Quamquam ridentem dicere verum
quid vetat? ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi
doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima.

English: "What forbids you from speaking the truth albeit with a smile? Just as gentle teachers sometimes give cookies to their pupils to make them want to learn their letters..." Of course, it's getting harder and harder to give children anything fattening in the schools (no more bake sales!) - but luckily a laugh and a smile are not fattening! :-)

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion describes Caesar's envy of Alexander: et amicis causam quaerentibus dixisse: An non dolendum uobis uidetur, me cum id aetatis sim, qua Alexander tot nationibus imperauit, nihil dum memoratu dignum gessisse?.

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today which I posted in response to VerbaLatin's call for viscus: Glossa viperina est quae corrodit viscera textus (English: The interpretation which gnaws away at the guts of the text is like a viper).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Non scholae sed vitae discimus (English: We learn, not for school, but for life). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Male imperando summum imperium amittitur (English: By abuse of authority, the highest authority is lost).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Cum stertit cattus, nunquam sibi currit in os mus (English: When the cat snores, no mouse ever runs into its mouth - okay, the rhyme is not extra strong, cattus-os mus... but it's such a charming image that I had to include this one!).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Homo homini deus (English: Man is a god to man).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Virtute doloque (English: By means of courage and craftiness... a motto I like very much!).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Optima citissime pereunt (English: The best things perish the most quickly... a kind of variation on "only the good die young"...).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Non litiges cum homine linguato, et non strues in igne illius ligna (Sirach 8:3). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Qui corvis natus est, non submergitur aquis (English: He who is born to the crows [i.e. born to be hanged!] does not drown in the water - which is absolutely one of my favorite Latin sayings about fate!).

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb is Toto devorato bove, in cauda defecit (English: Having eaten the whole ox, he gave up at the tail.; from Adagia 3.3.68).

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Dives, amico Hercule (English: A man becomes rich, when Hercules is his friend).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ὀυκ ἀεὶ ποταμὸς ἀξίνας φέρει (English: The river does not always bring forth axes - an allusion to the marvelous fable of Mercury and the man who lost his axe in the water).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Canis et Umbra, the famous story of the dog who was fooled by his own reflection in the water - kind of an animal variation on the theme of the axe in the water!

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE PARTU MONTIUM, the proverb of the mountains giving birth turned into a tiny little fable.

For the image, I wanted to include one in honor of today's Greek proverb: Ὀυκ ἀεὶ ποταμὸς ἀξίνας φέρει. Here is an illustration for the fable of Mercury and the axes (image source) from an early 16th-century edition of Aesop - you can see one axe in the ripples of the water at their feet!

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Round-Up: October 6

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HODIE: pridie Nonas Octobres. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. It's another one of Owen's little elegiac couplets, with a word list at NoDictionaries.com:

Sermones crebri morum sunt signa malorum.
Nam quid opus verbis || est, ubi facta vides?

English: "Incessant talking is a sign of a bad character, for what need is there of words, when you can see deeds instead?" Talk, as they say, is cheap.

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion is building up to another famous quote attributed to Caesar: Rursus quum in Hispania per otium librum aliquem de rebus Alexandri gestis legeret, diu cogitabundum, ad extremum illacrimasse, diu cogitabundum, ad extremum illacrimasse. (Do you recognize the quote that's coming...? It arrives on Wednesday!)

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today: Plus a medico quam a morbo periculi (English: There is more danger from the doctor than from the disease).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Alis luporum catulos (English: You are raising wolf cubs). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Vincere est honestum, opprimere acerbum, pulchrum ignoscere (English: It is admirable to defeat your enemy, harsh to crush him, and a fine thing to forgive).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Nil cito delebis, nisi iam meliora videbis (English: You should delete nothing in haste, unless you see better things already - in other words, don't press that "delete" key too quickly!).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Quod natum est ex carne, caro est (English: What is born from flesh is flesh).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Cornix scorpium (English: The crow grabbed a scorpium - much to his regret, needless to say! Notice that the Latin does not need a verb, since the scorpion is already in the accusative case; you can supply the verb as you please - grabbed, snatched, caught, etc.).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Fugit hora, ora (English: Time flies: pray! Which is to say, start praying now: don't wait).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Non est homo qui non peccet (II Chron. 6:36). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Estote ergo prudentes sicut serpentes et simplices sicut columbae (English: Be therefore wise as serpents and as simple as doves - with a fine example of the future imperative, estote).

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb is Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus (English: The mountains are giving birth, and a ridiculous mouse will be born; from Adagia 1.9.14).

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Sint Maecenates, non deerunt Marones (English: Let there be Maecenases, and there will not lack Vergils - referring, of course, to Maecenas as Vergil's great patron).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀεὶ γεωργὸς εἰς νέωτα πλούσιος (English: The farmer is always expected to be rich next year).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE CANE ET BOVE, the famous story of the dog in the manger.

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Ranarum convicia, the wonderful story of the foolish people of Lycia and how they were turned into frogs, as you can see in this illustration for the story (image source), showing the fountain of Latona at Versailles - it's a great sculpture; click here for a larger view.

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Round-Up: October 5

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NOVITAS: You will see that I have a new widget premiering today: Latin Animal Proverbs from Erasmus. This is my fourth proverb widget with the English translations included. There is some overlap here between Erasmus and my other animal proverb widget, but Erasmus's Adagia are often more like emblems or cliches rather than true proverbs, so there are plenty of new items here, too!

HODIE: ante diem tertium Nonas Octobres. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. This is the moral to one of the iambic fables of Phaedrus, with a word list for the complete fable at NoDictionaries.com.

Quamvis sublimes debent humiles metuere,
vindicta docili quia patet sollertiae.

English: "Those in high places nevertheless should fear those who are humble, because revenge is accessible to their quick cleverness." The eagle learned this to her own cost, thinking that her loftiness would keep her safe from the lowly fox - but she did not count on the fox's cleverness!

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion contains one of Caesar's most famous sayings! serio respondisse, malle se hic primum quam Romae secundum esse.

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today about luck - bad luck, in particular: Stulti timent fortunam, sapientes ferunt (English: Fools fear bad luck, while wise men bear it).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Anulus aureus in naribus suis (English: A gold ring in a pig's nose). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Supplicem hominem opprimere, virtus non est, sed crudelitas (English: To crush the man already on his knees is not courage but cruelty).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: De re terrena procedunt mille venena (English: From the earth come forth a thousand poisons).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Canis revertitur ad vomitum (English: The dog comes back to its vomit - an unpleasant notion, both in fact and metaphorically!).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Nebulas diverberas (English: You're beating the clouds… a proverbial fool's task).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Audite et intellegite (English: Listen and understand!).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Bonus pastor animam suam dat pro ovibus (John 10:11). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Adulatio est hamus quo magni capiuntur pisces (English: Flattery is a hook on which big fish are caught).

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day from Erasmus: Today's animal proverb is Tragica simia (English: A monkey dressed for the stage; from Adagia 2.8.95 - this refers to someone who is putting on airs, claiming a seriousness or grandeur, like an actor on the stage, which hardly suits him).

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Improbe Neptunum accusat qui iterum naufragium facit (English: It's wrong to blame Neptune/Poseidon for the second shipwreck… a divine version of "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"). For Neptune, see the image below!

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα (English: An enemy's gifts are non-gifts - with that wonderful alpha privative here used on a noun!).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Mus Urbanus et Mus Rusticus, the famous story of the city mouse and the country mouse.

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE LEAENA ET VULPE, the debate between the fox and the lioness about quality versus quantity.

For an image today, I wanted to use this lovely photo of a Neptune statue - in honor of the proverb above, Improbe Neptunum accusat qui iterum naufragium facit. The statue is located in Virginia Beach, where they hold an annual Neptune Festival! You can find many more views of this wonderful statue with this Google Image Search; this image was taken by Neal Rattican:

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Round-Up: October 2 - October 4

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HODIE: ante diem sextum Nonas Octobres. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. This is one of Wegeler's rhyming poems, four lines this time, with a word list at NoDictionaries.com:

Tria sunt vere, quae me faciunt flere:
Primum quidem durum, quia scio, me moriturum;
Secundo me plango, quia morior et nescio quando;
Tertium autem flebo, quia nescio, ubi manebo.

English: "There are actually three things which make me weep: the first hard fact is that I know that I am going to die; second, I feel sorrow for my plight because I am dying and I don't know when; and the third thing I'll weep for is that I don't know where I will spend eternity!" All four lines have internal rhyme, although it's a bit weak in the third line (plango-quando)... but the other rhymes are unmistakable (vere-flere, durum-moriturum, flebo-manebo). :-)

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion has Caesar crossing the Alps: Narrant eum, cum Alpes transiret et praeter oppidulum quoddam barbaricum iter faceret paucis habitatum hominibus atque uile, amicis per iocum quaerentibus, an et hic de magistratibus essent contentiones ac de principatu certamina et potentium aemulationes? ... (this actually leads up to one of Caesar's most famous quotes - can you guess which one? you'll find out on Monday!)

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's an optimistic one from today: Scintilla etiam exigua in tenebris micat (English: A spark, even though it is small, shines in the shadows).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nihil annis velocius (English: Nothing is faster than the years). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Semper metuendo sapiens evitat malum (English: By constant fear, the wise man avoids trouble - although I'm not big on fear myself, that is a nice use of the Latin gerund!).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Nemo tam gnarus, qui non sit laudis avarus (English: There is no man so wise that he is not greedy for praise).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Tantale poculum bibemus (English: We will drink the cup of Tantalus... which, of course, is not much of a drink at all - "tantalizing" though it may be!).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Rete inflas (English: You're trying to inflate a net... which is something like trying to draw water with a sieve!).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Amoris umbra invidia (English: Jealousy is love's shadow... alas, how true that is!).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Graecis ac barbaris, sapientibus et insipientibus debitor sum (Romans 1:14). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Non arabis in bove simul et asino (English: You will not plow with the ox at the same time as with the donkey - one of those rules from Deuteronomy which has lots of metaphorical applications, too).

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Delphicus gladius (English: the Delphic sword, which was proverbial for being used for many different purposes - in Delphi, it could be used both for the slaying of sacrificial victims and for the punishment of wrongdoers, and by extension it came to mean any tool with many uses).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Μίδας ὄνου ὦτα εἶχεν (English: Midas had the ears of a donkey.. a secret supposedly known only to his barber, ha ha).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE SOLE ET VENTO, a story about the contrast between brute force and gentle persuasion.

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Mus et Rana, the story of how the frog who thought she was playing a trick fell victim to her own deceit, as you can see in the illustration below (image source), by Milo Winter:

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Round-Up: October 1

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HODIE: Kalendae Octobres. You can add a Roman calendar as a widget in your blog or webpage, or display it as a Google Calendar: here's how.

TODAY'S POEM: Here is today's little poem, from the Poetry Widget. Today's poem is a bit of Horace from his dactylic poetry, with a word list at NoDictionaries.com:

Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras
omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum;
grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.

English: "In the midst of hope and worry, of fear and anger, believe that every day that has dawned is your last; welcome will come the hour unhoped for." You can see some parallel passages from Horace collected at Michael Gilleland's marvelous Laudator Temporis Acti blog.

TODAY'S TWITTER:

Vita Caesaris: You can see my IVLIVS CAESAR feed with a sentence from Plutarch's Life of Caesar each day in Greek, Latin and English. Today's Latin portion continues the description of Cassus: Crasso apud creditores, qui maxime instabant, octingenta triginta talenta intercedente, in prouinciam suam abiit.

Proverbiis Pipilo: You can see my Proverbia feed of Latin proverbs which I "tweet" while I am online each day (in English, too). Here's one from today: Male vivunt, qui se semper victuros putant (English: People who think they are going to live forever do a bad job of living).

TODAY'S PROVERBS:

You can get access to all the proverb of the day scripts (also available as random proverb scripts) at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

Audio Latin Proverb of the Day: Today's audio Latin proverb is Echinus partum differt (English: The hedgehog postpones its giving birth). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Maxims of Publilius Syrus: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Fidem qui perdit, quo se servet reliquo? (English: If you lose faith, what do you have left that can save you).

Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Esto laborator et erit Deus auxiliator (English: You be the worker, and God will your helper).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Beati pauperes spiritu (English: Blessed are the poor in spirit).

Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Pingui Minerva (English: With a fat Minerva - which is to say, with a thick-headed, slow-witted intelligence, with Minerva=Athena as the personification of wisdom).

Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Sapiens dominabitur astris (English: The wise man will rule over the stars).

Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Ubi non est scientia animae, non est bonum (Proverbs 19:2). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

Latin Animal Proverb of the Day: Today's animal proverb is Graculus graculo assidet (English: One daw sits next to another - in other words, birds of a feather flock together).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Γέρων πίθηκος οὐχ' ἁλίσκεται πάγῃ (English: An old monkey is not caught in a snare).

TODAY'S FABLES:

Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Pars Montium, the story of the mountain that gave birth to a mouse.

Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE RANA ET VULPE, the story of the frog who thought she was a physician.

Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Crasso nummatior (English: Richer than Crassus.) Crassus's wealth was very great indeed, as you can read in Caesar's biographical 'tweet' for today, supra. Since Crassus came up twice today, I thought it would be good to include an image of a bust of that most wealthy Roman - whose net worth Forbes estimates at what would be $170 billion today.

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