Friday, August 5, 2011

Round-Up: August 5

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HODIE: Nonae Augustae, the Nones of August.

SCALA SAPIENTIAE: The latest rung on the Scala is Scala 57 (2801-2850). Here's a fun one: Curis iactatur, si quis Veneri sociatur, "If someone consorts with Venus, he is agitated by worries" (the Latin is nicer: it rhymes!).

VERBUM HODIERNUM: Today's word is OCULUS - read a brief essay about the word at the Verbosum blog. Here's one of the sayings you can find in the essay: Procul ab oculis, procul a corde - which is very much like the English saying, "Out of sight, out of mind."

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY: Today's anecdote is Terror Panicus, or, what we call in English, "panic."

FABULAE FACILES: The new easy-to-read fable is Leo et Tauri Duo, a fable about a lion who knows how to "divide and conquer."

MILLE FABULAE: FABLE OF THE DAY: The fable for today is Serpens et Filius Rustici, a story about how hard it is to forgive and forget.

MILLE FABULAE: ILLUSTRATIONS: The latest fables with images are Accipitres et Columbae, a story about what happened when the doves played peacemaker, and Aquila, Sol et Bubo, a story about the eagle's plan to marry its daughter to the sun.

GOOGLE BOOKS: Today's Google Books are Delrio's Adagialia Sacra and Schottus's Adagialia Sacra Novi Testamenti .

TODAY'S MOTTOES & PROVERBS: Widgets available at Schoolhouse Widgets.

Tiny Proverbs: Today's tiny proverb is: Scientia nobilitat (English: Knowledge ennobles).

3-Word Mottoes Verb-less: Today's 3-word verb-less motto is Sine fraude fides (English: Faith without falsehood).

Latin Animal Proverb: Today's animal proverb is Irritare canem noli dormire volentem (English: Do not irritate a dog who wants to sleep).

Proverbs of Polydorus: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit (English: The Lord has given; the Lord has taken away).

Proper Name Proverb from Erasmus: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules (English: By sheer luck the Metelli have become Roman consuls; from Adagia 4.10.62 - These words, attributed to the poet Naevius, did not please the Metelli whatsoever; the proverb refers to those who attain their high social status through dumb luck, rather than talent - the Metelli supposedly responded: Malum dabunt Metelli Naevio poetae).

Greek Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is Ἀνάγκῃ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται (English: Not even the gods fight against necessity).

In honor of the saying - Curis iactatur, si quis Veneri sociatur - I thought I would include this lovely 4th-century mosaic of Venus: