HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Februarias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Tityus; 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: Scientia potentia (English: Knowledge is power).
3-WORD MOTTOES: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is In periculis audax (English: In dangers, [I am] bold).
ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Crabrones non sunt irritandi (English: You shouldn't stir up the hornets).
POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Omnes currunt, sed unus accipit bravium (English: All the racers run, but just one receives the prize).
PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is In Orci culum incidas (English: May you fall into Orcus's butthole; this especially nasty imprecation is from Adagia 2.10.68; for more about Orcus, see Wikipedia).
GREEK PROVERBS: Today's proverb is Πολλαῖς πληγαῖς δρῦς δαμάζεται (English: By many blows [of the axe], the oak is overcome).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Pompeius Magnus, Cato Maior, Fabius Maximus. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Vulpinatur cum vulpe.
Play the fox with the fox.
Necessitas dat ingenium.
Necessity bestows ingenuity.
TODAY'S FABLES:
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Lupus et Canis Saginatus, one of my all-time favorite fables about liberty (this fable has a vocabulary list).
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Grus et Lupus, a story in which the wolf is the villain rather than the hero, as in the previous story!
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Leo Irretitus et Vulpes, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
