HODIE (Roman Calendar): ante diem undecimum Kalendas Martias.
MYTHS and LEGENDS: The art image for today's legend shows Zeus and Amalthea; 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: Grata quies (English: Repose is welcome).
3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word verb-less proverb is Iniuriarum remedium oblivio (English: The remedy for injuries you've suffered is to forget about them).
AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Errores medicorum terra tegit (English: The earth covers the doctors' mistakes). 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: Brevis ipsa vita est, sed malis fit longior (English: Life itself is short, but it becomes longer through suffering).
ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Piscis primum a capite foetet (English: The fish starts to stink from the head; from Adagia 4.2.97 - the idea being that organizations also start to stink with corruption from the top).
BREVISSIMA: The distich poster for today is Ad Amorem. Click here for a full-sized view.
And here are today's proverbial LOLcats:
Iratum noli stimulare.
Do not provoke someone who is angry.
Malo me diligi quam metui.
I prefer to be loved rather than feared.
TODAY'S FABLES:
MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Leo et Homo, Concertantes, a wonderful story about art and life.
FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Iuppiter et Serpens, the story of a snake and its unwelcome gift (this fable has a vocabulary list).
Latin Fables Read by Justin Slocum Bailey. Here is today's audio fable: Vulpes, Corvus et Gallus, with links to the audio and to the blog post.
