HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas Apriles.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Diana and Endymion, and there are more images here.
TODAY'S MOTTOES and PROVERBS:
TINY MOTTOES: Today's tiny motto is: Ventis secundis (English: With favorable winds).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Tranquillo quilibet gubernator (English: When it's calm, everyone is a helmsman)
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Scientia potentia (English: Knowledge is power). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Camelus vel scabiosa complurium asinorum gestat onera (English: Even a mangy camel can bear the loads of many donkeys; from Adagia 1.9.58).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Mores Quisque Sibi Format. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Post nubila Phoebus.
After clouds, the sun (comes out).
Stare diu nescit qui non aliquando quiescit.
He who does not sometime take a rest
knows not how to stand a long time.
TODAY'S FABLES:
PHAEDRI FABULAE: The illustrated fable from Phaedrus for today is Equus et aper, a story about risking your freedom for a short-term reward: Latin text and Smart's translation.
STEINHOWEL: The illustrated fable from Steinhowel for today is De luscinia et accipitre, a story about brute force: Latin text and English versions.
And here's a Mardi Gras item from Latin LOLBaby Enzo: Ede, bibe, lude!
