HODIE: ante diem decimum Kalendas 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 another one of Owen's epigrams (Owen 3.172) - two couplets this time. You can find a word list at NoDictionaries.com.
Nil temere facias, timide nihil, omnia caute,English: "Don't do anything rashly, don't do anything timidly, be cautious in all things; everything on time, nothing late, and nothing rashly. Are you timid by nature? Caution will make a man brave; no one need be frightened of things that can be watched out for ... if he watches out for things that are frightening." Just look at that last line for a lovely example of the elegant mirroring of the epigrammatic style!
Cuncta cito, sero || nil, subitoque nihil.
Natura es timidus? Fortem prudentia reddet,
Nemo cavenda timet, || qui metuenda cavet.
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 tells us that Clodius had defenders, too: Huic eorum conatui populus se opponens, Clodio auxiliabatur, quod ei plurimum profuit, quia iudices perterrefacti multitudinem formidabant.
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 life and luck: Nec vita nec fortuna hominibus perpes est (English: People's life is not ever-lasting, nor is their luck).
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 Mea mecum porto (English: I carry my things with me). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.
Rhyming Proverbs: Today's proverb in Leonine verse form is: Ne credas isti, semel a quo laesus abisti (English: Do not trust the man from whom you once turned away, wounded).
Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Cupressum scis simulare (English: You know how to imitate a cypress - a famous line from Horace's Ars Poetica).
Proverbium Perbreve of the Day: Today's two-word proverb is: Concussus surgo (English: Struck down, I rise up... what a great motto: both optiistic and defiant!).
Proverbium Breve of the Day: Today's three-word proverb is: Meo contentus sum (English: I am content with what is mine).
Vulgate Verse of the Day: Today's verse is Navis pertransit fluctuantem aquam et, cum praeterierit, non est vestigium invenire (Wisdom 5:10). 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 Cani dat paleas, asino ossa (English: You're giving taw to the dog, and bones to the donkey... which is definitely the wrong way to go about tending your animals!).
Proper Name Proverb of the Day: Today's proper name proverb is Iro pauperior (English: More poor than Irus - referring to Irus, the proverbial pauper of the island of Ithaca).
Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ῥεχθὲν δὲ τε νήπιος ἔγνω (English: Even a silly person knows a done deed).
TODAY'S FABLES:
Ictibus Felicibus: Today's fable with macrons and accent marks is Senex et Mors, the story of the old man who found out he didn't want to die after all!
Fable of the Day: Today's fable of the day from Barlow is DE CERVO IN AQUAS INSPICIENTE, the story of the stag and his mixed-up body image.
Tar Heel Readers: Materials continue to accumulate at Tar Heel Reader (keep up with the latest items at the Libelli Latini blog). Today I decided to feature Gilbo, Pars Quarta Decima, the fourteenth in Anthony Gibbins's series of little stories about Gilbo and his family.
