01/01/yearViscum fugiens, avis in laqueos incidit. Fleeing the snare, the bird falls into the net.
01/02/yearFames pellit lupum e silvis. Hunger drives the wolf from the forest.
01/03/yearDormienti vulpi cadit intra os nihil. Nothing falls into the mouth of the fox who is sleeping.
01/04/yearDas assem elephanto. You're giving a penny to an elephant.
01/05/yearAb equis ad asinos transeunt stulti. Fools go from horses to donkeys.
01/06/yearSus magis in caeno gaudet quam in fonte sereno. A pig delights more in filth than in a shining fountain.
01/07/yearExspectat bos aliquando herbam. The ox expects grass at least sometimes.
01/08/yearNoli esse sicut leo in domo tua, opprimens subiectos tibi. Be not a lion in your own home, oppressing those who are subject to you.
01/09/yearFelibus domo absentibus, mures saltant. When the cats are out of the house, the mice leap for joy.
01/10/yearSola apis excellit muscarum milia quinque. A single bee is better than five thousand flies.
01/11/yearAlbae gallinae filius. The son of a white hen.
01/12/yearSic vos non vobis vellera fertis, oves!. So, sheep, you bear your fleeces not for yourselves.
01/13/yearQualis sit quilibet pastor, lupus adveniens indicat. You can see what kind of shepherd someone is when the wolf approaches.
01/14/yearQui corvis natus est, non submergitur aquis. He who is born for the crows does not drown in the water.
01/15/yearFalco meis sed talpa tuis erroribus exstas. You're a falcon when it comes to my errors but a mole when it comes to your own.
01/16/yearAgnos lupi vorant. The wolves devour the lambs.
01/17/yearCrabrones non sunt irritandi. You shouldn't stir up the hornets.
01/18/yearFacilius est camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum Dei. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
01/19/yearAqua turbida piscosior est. Turbid water is more full of fish.
01/20/yearLeo a leporibus insultatur mortuus. A lion, after he's dead, is mocked by the rabbits.
01/21/yearSicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam. Like the dog who returns to its own vomit, so is the ignorant man who repeats his foolishness.
01/22/yearCanes vetulos loro non assuefacies. You will not accustom old dogs to a leash.
01/23/yearVespa acerbior. More stinging than a wasp.
01/24/yearTurdus cacat sibi malum. The thrush excretes its own doom.
01/25/yearFaciunt favos et vespae. Even wasps make honeycombs.
01/26/yearDurum tondere leonem. It is hard to shear the lion.
01/27/yearUnicus filius infatuatur, unicus sus impinguatur. An only son grows foolish, an only pig grows fat.
01/28/yearCognovit bos possessorem suum, et asinus praesepe domini sui. The ox knows its owners, and the donkey knows the manger of its master.
01/29/yearPascis canes qui te lanient. You are feeding dogs who would tear you to pieces.
01/30/yearEx pravo pullus bonus ovo non venit ullus. No good chick ever comes from a bad egg.
01/31/yearSaepe lupus veniet eius dum mentio fiet. The wolf always turns up if he is mentioned in conversation.
02/01/yearFugiens ursum, incidi in leonem. Fleeing the bear, I ran into the lion.
02/02/yearAd praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora. Eggs today are better than chicks tomorrow.
02/03/yearUbi non sunt boves, praesepe vacuum est. Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty.
02/04/yearQui caret asino, clitellam ne quaerat. If you don't have a donkey, don't go looking for a pack-saddle.
02/05/yearUbi plurimae segetes, ibi manifesta fortitudo bovis. Where the crops are plentiful, there you see the strength of the ox.
02/06/yearMala gallina, malum ovum. Bad chicken, bad egg.
02/07/yearOmnis echinus asper. The whole hedgehog is prickly.
02/08/yearUbi leonis pellis deficit, vulpina induenda est. When the lion's skin fails, you need to put on the fox skin.
02/09/yearVivis piscibus aqua, mortuis vinum. Water for the living fish, and wine for the dead ones.
02/10/yearRespicite volatilia caeli quoniam non serunt neque metunt et Pater vester caelestis pascit illa. Look at the flying birds of the sky, that they do not sow nor do they reap, and your heavenly Father feeds them.
02/11/yearSimia est simia, etiamsi aurea gestet insignia. A monkey is a monkey, even if it wears gold medals.
02/12/yearAnguilla a digitis saepe est dilapsa peritis. An eel has often slipped through experienced fingers.
02/13/yearSic vos non vobis mellificatis, apes!. Thus you are not making honey for yourself, O bees.
02/14/yearCattus saepe satur cum capto mure iocatur. A cat with a full stomach often plays with the mouse it has caught.
02/15/yearVulpecula denuo non capitur laqueo. The fox is not caught again in the trap.
02/16/yearQui vult caedere canem, facile invenit fustem. He who wants to beat a dog easily finds a stick.
02/17/yearSumere vult pisces cattus sed flumen abhorret. The cat wants to take the fish, but he shudders at the river.
02/18/yearNoctuae pullus suus pulcherrimus. To the owl, its chick is the most beautiful.
02/19/yearSi equorum frenos in ora mittimus, omne corpus illorum circumferimus. If we place a bridle in the mouth of a horse, we can turn its entire body around.
02/20/yearAsinus balneatoris numquam particeps balnei. The bathhouse keeper's donkey never takes part in a bath.
02/21/yearImpelle equum ad metam. Drive your horse toward the finish line.
02/22/yearAsinus gestat mysteria. The donkey is carrying the religious icons.
02/23/yearQui fuit rana, nunc est rex. He who was a frog is now a king.
02/24/yearRenovabitur ut aquilae iuventus tua. Thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle's.
02/25/yearUbi multi sunt vituli, ibi multi erunt boves. Where there are many calves, in that place there will be many cows.
02/26/yearEquo ne credite, Teucri!. Don't trust the horse, O Trojans.
02/27/yearVetulus bos lugetur a nemine. The old ox is mourned by no one.
02/28/yearUt fune boves, sic sermone homines vinciuntur. As oxen are restrained by the rope, so men are restrained by words.
02/29/yearCorvus relictis ab aquila cadaveribus vescitur. The crow feeds on the corpses left by the eagle.
03/01/yearCanes mitissimi furem quoque adulantur. The most gentle dogs also wag their tails for the thief.
03/02/yearQuasi asinus ad lyram, aures motitans. Like a donkey listening at the lyre, wiggling his ears.
03/03/yearGallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest. A rooster in his dung heap can do a great deal.
03/04/yearVindicta sicut leo insidiabitur impio. Vengeance, like a lion, lies in wait for the wicked man.
03/05/yearAnseres inter olores strepunt. The geese are squawking amidst the swans.
03/06/yearBovem habet in lingua. He has an ox on his tongue.
03/07/yearUt apes geometriam. As the bees their geometry.
03/08/yearMalo cani brevis tendatur copula. You should keep a bad dog on a short leash.
03/09/yearIn vestimentis ovium sunt lupi rapaces. They are ravaging wolves in sheep's clothing.
03/10/yearVeniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium; intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces. They come to you in the clothing of sheep but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
03/11/yearUbi apes, ibi mel. There is honey where there are bees.
03/12/yearCum lupis ulula. Howl with the wolves.
03/13/yearScarabaeus aquilam. The beetle seeks the eagle.
03/14/yearAsinus magis stramina vult quam aurum. The donkey wants straw more than gold.
03/15/yearEst avis in dextra melior quam quattuor extra. A bird in the right hand is better than four birds outside it.
03/16/yearCamelum saltare doces. You're teaching a camel to dance.
03/17/yearNutrit et accipiter pullos suos. Even the hawk nurses its chicks.
03/18/yearAntequam pisces ceperis, muriam misces. You're mixing the fish sauce before having caught the fish.
03/19/yearQui asinum non potest, stratum caedit. He who cannot beat the donkey must beat the saddle-blanket.
03/20/yearHomo ad laborem nascitur et avis ad volatum. Man is born to work, and the bird is born to fly.
03/21/yearMurem elephas non capit. An elephant doesn't catch a mouse.
03/22/yearQuid enim contendat hirundo cycnis? Why would a swallow challenge the swans in a contest?
03/23/yearRana in paludem ex throno resilit auro. The frog leaps from the golden throne into the swamp.
03/24/yearLupus non mordet lupum. Wolf does not bite wolf.
03/25/yearAuriculas asini Mida rex habet. King Midas has donkey ears.
03/26/yearQui lavat asinum, perdit aquam et saponem. The man who washes his donkey wastes the water and the soap.
03/27/yearIn quo nascetur asinus corio morietur. The donkey will die in the skin in which he's born.
03/28/yearLaesa saepius repugnat ovis. Wounded once too often, the sheep fights back.
03/29/yearSerpens eiciendus e domo. A snake should be cast out of the house.
03/30/yearIncustoditum captat ovile lupus. The wolf seizes the sheepfold that is unguarded.
03/31/yearAsinus in aula fovetur solum propter saccos portandos. A donkey is fostered in the castle only so that it can carry sacks.
04/01/yearDraco dormiens nunquam titillandus. Don't tickle a sleeping dragon.
04/02/yearSpes laqueo volucres, spes captat arundine pisces. Hope captures birds with a net, and fish with a rod.
04/03/yearTestudo collecta in suum tegimen tuta est. The turtle gathered inside its shell is safe.
04/04/yearLeoni mortuo et lepores insultant. Even the rabbits prance upon the dead lion.
04/05/yearEst et formicae et culici sua bilis. Both the ant and the flea have their bile.
04/06/yearCochlea consiliis, in factis esto volucris. Be a snail in your planning and swift as a bird in your deeds.
04/07/yearAqua et panis potus et escula canis. Water and bread is the food and drink of a dog.
04/08/yearBovem asino non iunges. You will not join the ox to the donkey.
04/09/yearCave tibi a cane muto et aqua silenti. Watch out for the dog who does not bark and the body of water that makes no noise.
04/10/yearSi cantes asino, crepitus tibi reddet ab ano. If you sing to a donkey, he'll return you a fart from his rump.
04/11/yearPisces natare doces. You're teaching fish how to swim.
04/12/yearIrretit muscas, transmittit aranea vespas. The spider traps flies in her net, and lets the wasps go through.
04/13/yearFelis demulcta mitis. A stroked cat is gentle.
04/14/yearCanis vivens potior est leone mortuo. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
04/15/yearAdulatio est hamus quo magni capiuntur pisces. Flattery is a hook on which big fish are caught.
04/16/yearBove leporem venari. To hunt a rabbit with an ox.
04/17/yearGallina congregat pullos suos sub alas. The hen gathers her chicks under her wings.
04/18/yearPerdimus anguillam dum manibus stringimus illam. We lose the eel when we squeeze it with our hands.
04/19/yearVoluptate homines capiuntur, ut hamo pisces. Men are captured by pleasure, as fish by the hook.
04/20/yearPisces natare oportet. It is for fish to swim.
04/21/yearSub ipsius iudicio sorex perit. The shrew-mouse dies by her own verdict.
04/22/yearCanis sine dentibus vehementius latrat. A dog without teeth barks the more fiercely.
04/23/yearMons parturibat, deinde murem prodidit. The mountain was giving birth; it finally brought forth a mouse.
04/24/yearDe asini umbra disputant. They are arguing about a donkey's shadow. .
04/25/yearVade ad formicam, o piger, et considera vias eius et disce sapientiam. Look to the ant, you lazy person, and ponder her ways and learn wisdom.
04/26/yearHorrescit gelidas felis adustus aquas. The cat once burnt shudders at cold water.
04/27/yearSagena ex omni genere piscium congregat. The dragnet pulls together all kinds of fish.
04/28/yearIn magno magni capiuntur flumine pisces. In the big river you can catch big fish.
04/29/yearPavent oves, timent canes, intrepidus maneo. The sheep are frightened, the dogs fear, I stand intrepid.
04/30/yearDum felis dormit, saliunt mures. While the cat sleeps, the mice leap.
05/01/yearLeonem mortuum et muscae mordent. Even flies bite a dead lion.
05/02/yearEchinus partum procrastinat. The hedgehog delays giving birth.
05/03/yearPercutiam pastorem, et dispergentur oves gregis. I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed.
05/04/yearEx plumis cognoscitur avis. You recognize a bird by its feathers.
05/05/yearCorvus corvo nigredinem obicit. One crow mocks another for being black.
05/06/yearUnus lanius non timet multas oves. One butcher does not fear many sheep. .
05/07/yearDeus pascit corvos. God feeds the ravens.
05/08/yearAsinus ad lapidem non bis offendit eumdem. A donkey does not stumble twice against the same stone.
05/09/yearMors lupi, agnis vita. The death of the wolf is life for the lambs.
05/10/yearNon est bonum sumere panem filiorum et mittere canibus. It is not good to take the bread of your sons and throw it to the dogs.
05/11/yearDuos simul insequor lepores. I am chasing two rabbits at once.
05/12/yearNon oportet in urbe nutrire leonem. You should not raise a lion in the city.
05/13/yearMulus mulum scabit. Mule scratches mule.
05/14/yearVacca, quae multum boat, parum lactis habet. A cow who moos a lot has little milk.
05/15/yearSus seipsum laudat. The pig praises itself.
05/16/yearNon missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo. The leech will not let go of the skin unless it's full of blood.
05/17/yearSis animo magnus, sis moribus agnus. Be a great man in spirit; be a lamb in your behavior.
05/18/yearNoli irritare crabrones. Don't stir up the hornets.
05/19/yearOvium nullus usus, si pastor absit. It's no good having sheep if the shepherd is absent.
05/20/yearUlula cum lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. Howl with the wolves if you want to be one of them.
05/21/yearAsinus in tegulis. The donkey on the rooftiles.
05/22/yearEquinae caudae pilos vellere. To pluck the hairs of a horse's tail.
05/23/yearPost res saepe dies piscis vilescit et hospes. Often after three days the fish begins to stink, as does the houseguest.
05/24/yearUna ove praeeunte, omnes sequuntur. When one sheep goes ahead, all the sheep follow.
05/25/yearPastor bonus animam suam dat pro ovibus. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
05/26/yearAquila non generat columbam. An eagle does not give birth to a dove.
05/27/yearUt piscis extra aquam. Like a fish out of water.
05/28/yearCurvo sine hamo piscem non capies. Without the curved hook you will not catch a fish.
05/29/yearExcolantes culicem camelum glutiunt. They strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
05/30/yearVulpes aetati fit astutior. With age, the fox grows more clever.
05/31/yearNoli irritare leones. Don't bother the lions.
06/01/yearScabiosa ovis totum inquinat gregem. A mangy sheep infects the whole flock.
06/02/yearVae miseris ovibus, iudex lupus est. Alas for the wretched sheep: the judge is a wolf.
06/03/yearCanis mortuus non mordet. A dead dog does not bite.
06/04/yearLeporem frondium strepitus terret. The rustling of leaves frightens the rabbit.
06/05/yearMus rapitur subito, qui solo vivit in antro. A mouse is quickly caught if he lives in a single mousehole.
06/06/yearDimisisti pullos sub custodia vulpis. You've left the hens in the care of the fox.
06/07/yearSicut oves in medio luporum. As sheep in the midst of wolves.
06/08/yearIntereunt feles, celebrant convivia mures. The cats die; the mice hold a party.
06/09/yearLeonem radere ne velis. Don't try to shave a lion.
06/10/yearAudacem reddit felis absentia murem. The cat's absence makes the mouse grow bold.
06/11/yearCattus comedit pisces sed non vult humectare pedes. The cat eats fish but doesn't want to get his feet wet.
06/12/yearBos iugo ducendo natus est. The ox is born for guiding the yoke.
06/13/yearDum canis os rodit, socium quem diligit odit. While the dog is gnawing a bone, he hates the companion whom he had loved.
06/14/yearEquus in quadrigis, in aratro bos. Horse in the racing chariot, in the plow an ox.
06/15/yearCurrus bovem trahit. The cart is dragging the ox.
06/16/yearLongius insidias cerva videbit anus. An old deer will see the ambush from farther off.
06/17/yearSarcina magna nimis asinum prosternit in imis. A load that is far too large lays the donkey low.
06/18/yearDum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro. While the cat sleeps, the mouse rejoices and leaps out of its hole.
06/19/yearGraculo cum fidibus nihil. A jackdaw has nothing to do with a lyre.
06/20/yearHic iacet lepus. Here lies the rabbit.
06/21/yearRegnant qualibet urbe lupi. Wolves reign in every city.
06/22/yearSicut canis ad Nilum, bibens et fugiens. Like a dog at the Nile, drinking and fleeing.
06/23/yearIam testudo volat. Now the turtle is flying.
06/24/yearLupus non curat numerum ovium. The wolf doesn't care about the number of the sheep.
06/25/yearNon dentes cernas, si detur equus, neque spernas. If someone gives you a horse, don't look at its teeth, and don't turn it away.
06/26/yearMus debacchatur ubi cattus non dominatur. The mouse parties when the cat is not in charge.
06/27/yearAlis luporum catulos. You're raising wolf cubs. .
06/28/yearCanis qui mordet, mordetur. The dog who bites gets bitten.
06/29/yearQui cum canibus concumbunt, cum pulicibus surgent. Those who lie down with dogs will rise up with fleas.
06/30/yearStatuet oves quidem a dextris suis, haedos autem a sinistris. He will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left.
07/01/yearNoctuas Athenas portas. You're carrying owls to Athens.
07/02/yearAsinus asellum culpat. The donkey blames the ass.
07/03/yearNon volat in buccas assa columba tuas. A roast pigeon does not fly into your mouth.
07/04/yearLusciniae non deest cantio. The nightingale has no lack of song.
07/05/yearIn foribus propriis canis est audacior omnis. Every dog is more bold in his own doorway.
07/06/yearDimittis pullos sub custodia vulpis. You are leaving your chicks in the care of the fox.
07/07/yearSic vos non vobis fertis aratra, boves!. So, oxen, you bear the plow not for yourselves.
07/08/yearQui diligit ranam, ranam putat esse Dianam. The man who loves a frog thinks his frog is a goddess.
07/09/yearInvenit interdum caeca columba pisum. Sometimes a blind pigeon finds a pea.
07/10/yearParva volucris non ova magna parit. A small bird does not lay big eggs.
07/11/yearPelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina. Beneath the lamb's skin often lurks a wolfish mind.
07/12/yearSero paras stabulum, taurum iam fure trahente. It's too late to ready the stable when the thief is already leading the bull away.
07/13/yearEx auribus cognoscitur asinus. You recognize a donkey by the ears.
07/14/yearExpedit magis ursae occurrere, raptis fetibus, quam fatuo confidenti sibi in stultitia sua. It is better to run into a she-bear whose cubs have been stolen than to run into a fool who is confident in his foolishness.
07/15/yearAlbo rarior corvo. More rare than a white crow.
07/16/yearPsittacus senex ferulam neglegit. The old parrot doesn't mind the rod.
07/17/yearCurrens per prata, non est lepus esca parata. As it runs through the fields, the rabbit is not a meal ready-to-eat.
07/18/yearAdiuvat accipitrem impetus, columbam fuga. Attack works for the hawk, retreat for the dove.
07/19/yearLeoni mortuo barbam vellis. You are plucking the lion's beard when he is dead.
07/20/yearPost tres dies piscis vilescit et hospes. After three days the fish stinks, as does the guest.
07/21/yearEx ovis pravis non bona venit avis. From bad eggs no good bird comes.
07/22/yearNon habet anguillam, per caudam qui tenet illam. He can't hold onto an eel if he holds it by the tail.
07/23/yearEt canis in somnis vestigia latrat. The dog barks at the trail in his dreams, too.
07/24/yearLepores duos qui insequitur, is neutrum capit. He who chases two rabbits catches neither.
07/25/yearQuem taurum metuis, vitulum mulcere solebas. The bull whom you fear you used to stroke as a calf.
07/26/yearMiser est mus antro qui clauditur uno. Wretched is the mouse who hides in only one hole.
07/27/yearAquila petit solem. The eagle seeks the sun. .
07/28/yearVulpes pilum mutat, non mores. The fox can change its coat, but not its character.
07/29/yearScit multa vulpes, magnum echinus unicum. The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing.
07/30/yearEt catelli sub mensa comedunt de micis puerorum. Even the puppy dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children.
07/31/yearFictae crocodilli lacrimulae. False are the tears of the crocodile.
08/01/yearE domo felis discedit mus impransus. From the house of the cat, the mouse departs, unfed.
08/02/yearAliena capella distentius uber habet. The neighbor's goat has a more bursting udder.
08/03/yearLupum auribus teneo. I'm holding the wolf by the ears.
08/04/yearHumana sub cute plurimae latent ferae. Beneath a person's skin lurk many wild beasts.
08/05/yearIrritare canem noli dormire volentem. Do not irritate a dog who wants to sleep.
08/06/yearSerpentem in sinu foves. You're nourishing a serpent in your bosom.
08/07/yearQualis erus, talis et canis. As the master, so too the dog.
08/08/yearCanes plurimum latrantes raro mordent. Dogs that bark the most rarely bite.
08/09/yearEtiam capra improbum hominem mordeat. Even a nanny-goat would bite a wicked man.
08/10/yearOportet vulpinari cum vulpibus. You've got to play the fox with the foxes.
08/11/yearNidus testatur, ibi qualis avis dominatur. The nest attests what sort of bird rules there.
08/12/yearSemper graculus assidet graculo. One jackdaw always sits next to another.
08/13/yearGallo canente, spes reddit. When the cock crows, hope returns.
08/14/yearSi lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum. If a wolf eats a lamb, it's no great surprise.
08/15/yearAsello stolidior. Dumber than a donkey.
08/16/yearAles volat propriis. The bird flies to its kind.
08/17/yearSola apis mel conficit. The bee alone makes honey.
08/18/yearCicada cicadae cara. Cricket is dear to cricket.
08/19/yearMuscae morientes perdunt suavitatem unguenti. The dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment.
08/20/yearMacilenti pediculi acrius mordent. The lean lice bite more sharply.
08/21/yearThesaurizate vobis thesauros in caelo, ubi neque erugo neque tinea demolitur. Lay up your treasure in heaven, where neither rust nor moths destroy it.
08/22/yearIgne semel tactus timet ignem postmodo cattus. The cat who has been touched once by fire, fears the fire thereafter.
08/23/yearAestatis hirundo nuntia. The swallow is the messenger of spring.
08/24/yearTot capita, tot pulices. So many heads, so many fleas.
08/25/yearQuaelibet vulpes caudam suam laudat. Every fox praises her own tail.
08/26/yearEx frixis ovis pullus numquam venit ullus. From fried eggs no chick ever comes.
08/27/yearNon facile est taurum visa retinere iuvenca. It's not easy to hold back the bull once he's seen the heifer.
08/28/yearConcolores aves facillime congregantur. Birds of a like color easily flock together.
08/29/yearPardus maculas non deponit. The leopard does not give up its spots.
08/30/yearAsinus auriculas movet. The donkey is moving his ears.
08/31/yearQuisquis amat ranam, ranam putat esse Dianam. He who loves a frog thinks that frog is the goddess Diana.
09/01/yearEst avi cuique nidus formosus ubique. To each bird, its own nest is always beautiful.
09/02/yearCanes timidi vehementius latrant. Scared dogs bark more fiercely.
09/03/yearNoli mittere margaritas ante porcos. Don't cast your pearls before pigs.
09/04/yearNon alligabis os bovi trituranti. Don't bind shut the mouth of the threshing ox.
09/05/yearSunt asini multi solum bino pede fulti. There are many donkeys, except that they stand on two legs.
09/06/yearMusca cenat non vocata. A fly comes to dinner uninvited.
09/07/yearSub saxo quolibet dormit scorpio, cave. Beneath any rock can sleep a scorpion; watch out.
09/08/yearMus salit in stratum dum scit abesse cattum. The mouse jumps on the bed when it knows the cat is gone.
09/09/yearNolite dare sanctum canibus. Don't give what is holy to the dogs.
09/10/yearNoli numerare pullos antequam nascuntur. Don't count your chickens before they are born.
09/11/yearPisces vorant maiores minores. The bigger fish eat the littler ones.
09/12/yearLeonina societas periculorum plena. Alliance with a lion is full of dangers.
09/13/yearVulpeculorum mutantur pili, non mores. The foxes' coat changes, but not their character.
09/14/yearDicit piger: leo in itineribus. The lazy man says: There is a lion in the way.
09/15/yearBos ad aquam tractus non vult potare coactus. An ox led to water will not drink under compulsion.
09/16/yearIn cavea non canit luscinia. In a cage, the nightingale does not sing.
09/17/yearEstote prudentes sicut serpentes, et simplices sicut columbae. Be wise like serpents, and be simple like doves.
09/18/yearCognosco oves meas, et cognoscunt me meae. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.
09/19/yearAsinus in paleas incidit. The donkey has ended up in the straw.
09/20/yearUnus interitus est hominis et iumentorum. Man and cattle have one and the same death.
09/21/yearLinque coax ranis, cras corvis, vanaque vanis. Leave croaking to the frogs, cawing to the crows, and foolishness to the fools.
09/22/yearEquo currenti non opus calcaribus. There's no need to spur a running horse.
09/23/yearSus lota reversa in volutabro luti. The pig, after being washed, returns to its mud wallow.
09/24/yearGlire somniculosior. Sleepier than a dormouse.
09/25/yearNe te aquila iactes graculos inter leves. Since you are an eagle, don't go boasting amongst the frivolous jackdaws.
09/26/yearCantator cycnus funeris sui. The swan is the singer of his own funeral dirge.
09/27/yearLuxurians asinus saltando comminuit crus. The frisky donkey leaped and broke his leg.
09/28/yearCave lupum. Beware the wolf.
09/29/yearAut rex aut asinus. Either a king or a donkey.
09/30/yearElephantus culicem non curat. An elephant has no interest in a gnat.
10/01/yearPorcellum alens, porcum habebis. Raising a piglet, you'll have a pig.
10/02/yearCattus de caseo tarde depellitur eso. It is too late to drive the cat away from the cheese once it's already been eaten.
10/03/yearNon facile manibus vacuis occiditur ursus. The bear is not easily killed with empty hands.
10/04/yearTurbat aquas ut plures capiat pisces. He stirs up the waters in order to catch more fish.
10/05/yearDum pastores odia exercent, lupus intrat ovile. While the shepherds quarrel, the wolf enters the sheepfold.
10/06/yearFrenis saepe repugnat equus. The horse often fights back against the reins.
10/07/yearBoni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere. A good shepherd shears the sheep, he does not flay them.
10/08/yearA bove maiori discit arare minor. The younger ox learns to plow from the older ox.
10/09/yearEst piger agnellus, qui non gestat sibi vellus. The little lamb who doesn't want to carrry his own wool is lazy.
10/10/yearEqui donati dentes non inspiciuntur. You shouldn't look at the teeth of the horse that's a gift.
10/11/yearInflat se tamquam rana. He's puffing himself up like a frog.
10/12/yearNoli irritare leonem. Do not irritate the lion.
10/13/yearSi corvus posset tacitus pasci, haberet plus dapis. If the crow could eat quietly, it would enjoy more of a feast.
10/14/yearCervus ad sagittam properat. The stag rushes towards the arrow.
10/15/yearOvem in fronte, vulpem in corde gerit. He has the face of a sheep but the heart of a wolf.
10/16/yearAnguillam cauda teneo. I'm trying to hold an eel by the tail.
10/17/yearQuid leoni cum mure? What does a lion have to do with a mouse?
10/18/yearNon faciunt meliorem equum aurei freni. Golden reins do not make a better horse.
10/19/yearOvis ovem sequitur. Sheep follows sheep.
10/20/yearFelis amat pisces sed aquas intrare recusat. The cat loves fish but refuses to enter the water.
10/21/yearHabitabit lupus cum agno. The wolf shall dwell with the lamb.
10/22/yearEx vitulo bos fit. From the calf comes an ox.
10/23/yearSerpens nisi serpentem edat, draco non fiet. Unless a snake eats a snake, it won't become a dragon.
10/24/yearMulta novit vulpes sed echinulus magnum unum. The fox knows many things but the little hedgehog knows one great thing.
10/25/yearConfidens animi canis est in stercore noto. A dog is very bold in spirit when he's standing on a familiar dung heap.
10/26/yearMus satur insipidam diiudicat esse farinam. When its stomach is full, the mouse judges the flour to be tasteless.
10/27/yearBos currum trahit, non bovem currus. The ox pulls the cart, not the cart the ox.
10/28/yearAvis matura vermem capit. The bird who hastens catches the worm.
10/29/yearEnumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves. A soldier lists his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
10/30/yearSimia est simia, etiamsi purpura vestiatur. A monkey is a monkey, even if it's dressed in purple.
10/31/yearElephantum sub alis celas. You are hiding an elephant under your arm.
11/01/yearQui dat gallinam, aliquando recipit bovem. Sometimes the one who gives a chicken gets an ox in return.
11/02/yearRanae vinum infundis. You're pouring wine for a frog.
11/03/yearDucito bovem volentem. Lead the ox that is willing.
11/04/yearElephantem saltare doces. You're teaching an elephant to dance.
11/05/yearDisparibus bubus numquam trahitur bene currus. The cart is never pulled well when the oxen do not match.
11/06/yearFormicae sua bilis inest, habet et musca splenem. The ant has her bile; even the fly has her spleen.
11/07/yearHirundo una ver non facit. One swallow does not make it spring. .
11/08/yearCanis festinans caecos edit catulos. The dog gives birth in a hurry, but its pups are blind.
11/09/yearNon generant aquilae columbas. Eagles do not beget doves.
11/10/yearEx verbis fatuos, ex aure tenemus asellos. We grasp donkeys by the ear, and fools by their words.
11/11/yearAquilam cornix lacessit. The crow provokes the eagle.
11/12/yearIngenium suum vulpecula mutare nescit. The fox does not know how to change her nature.
11/13/yearIto bonis avibus. Go with good birds (omens).
11/14/yearLeonem mortuum etiam catuli morsicant. Even the puppies nip at the dead lion.
11/15/yearFera quaevis in sua silva superbit. Every beast exults in its forest.
11/16/yearArs varia vulpi. The fox has many a trick.
11/17/yearNe ad pugnam vocet aquilam luscinia. Let not the nightingale summon the eagle to a fight.
11/18/yearEt annosa capitur vulpes. Even the old fox gets caught.
11/19/yearPisces minutos magni comedunt. The big fish eat the little ones.
11/20/yearCirculus aureus in naribus suis mulier pulchra et fatua. As a gold ring in the nostrils of a pig, so it a woman who is beautiful and stupid.
11/21/yearAsinus asinum fricat. Donkey scratches donkey.
11/22/yearIre catenatus nescit canis inveteratus. The old dog cannot learn to go about on a leash.
11/23/yearDum fugans canis mingit, fugiens lepus evadit. When the dog in pursuit stops to pee, the fleeing rabbit gets away.
11/24/yearColubra restem non parit. A snake does not beget a rope.
11/25/yearCorvus oculum corvi non eruit. A crow does not tear out another crow's eye.
11/26/yearCautus metuit foveam lupus. The cautious wolf fears the pitfall.
11/27/yearMinores leporem canes reperiunt, maiores capiunt. The smaller dogs find the hares; the big dogs grab them.
11/28/yearNigro rarior cycno. More rare than a black swan.
11/29/yearSimia quicquid agit, simia semper erit. Whatever a monkey does, a monkey she'll always be.
11/30/yearSenescenti caballo leviora impone. Put lighter loads on the aged horse.
12/01/yearMinervam sus docet. The pig is teaching Minerva.
12/02/yearDente lupus, cornu taurus petit. The wolf seeks with his fang, the bull with his horn.
12/03/yearUbi mel, ibi apes. There are bees where there is honey.
12/04/yearMelior est canis vivus leone mortuo. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
12/05/yearSi fuit hic asinus, non ibi fiet equus. If he was a donkey here, he will not become a horse there.
12/06/yearQui me amat, amat et canem meum. He who loves me, he loves my dog also.
12/07/yearAsinus in cathedra. Donkey on the throne.
12/08/yearVetulus simius non capitur laqueo. The old monkey is not caught in the snare.
12/09/yearNe capra contra leonem. The goat should not go against the lion.
12/10/yearLatet anguis in herba. A snake hides in the grass.
12/11/yearNon cum leone caprea pugnare audeat. The nanny-goat should not dare to fight with the lion.
12/12/yearSimiliter spirant omnia et nihil habet homo iumento amplius. All things live and breathe the same, and a man has nothing more than cattle.
12/13/yearPauperis est numerare pecus. It's a poor man who counts his sheep.
12/14/yearFele absente, mures choreas ducunt. When the cat is away, the mice dance.
12/15/yearLeonis exuvium super asinum. The lion skin upon the donkey.
12/16/yearInter simios oportet esse simium. Among monkeys, you need to be a monkey.
12/17/yearScelerosum mordeat et mus. Even a mouse would bite a rogue.
12/18/yearHic cocti porci ambulant. Here there are roast pigs walking around.
12/19/yearPraebet candoris lac nigri vacca coloris. The cow who is black proffers milk that is white.
12/20/yearPullus de nido avolat. The chick flies away from the nest.
12/21/yearIn tali tales capiuntur flumine pisces. Big fish are caught in big rivers, little fish in little ones.
12/22/yearPiscium vita haec, minorem maior ut devoret. This is the life of the fishes: that the greater should gobble up the smaller.
12/23/yearSicut aves comprehenduntur laqueo, sic capiuntur homines tempore malo. As birds are trapped in the snare, so men are caught by an unfortunate time.
12/24/yearAccipiter praedam sequitur, nos gloriam. The hawk seeks prey, and we seek glory.
12/25/yearQuis miserebitur incantatori a serpente percusso? Who will pity the snake charmer who is bitten by the snake?
12/26/yearAsinus stramen mavult quam aurum. The donkey prefers straw to gold.
12/27/yearNemo cum serpente securius ludit. No one can play really safely with a snake.
12/28/yearCamelus, cupiens cornua, aures perdidit. The camel, hoping for horns, lost its ears.
12/29/yearCanis mordens non latrat. A dog who bites does not bark.
12/30/yearAsino gramen est et baculus. For the donkey there is grass and the stick.
12/31/yearDum stertit cattus, numquam sibi currit in os mus. When the cat is snoring, a mouse never runs into its mouth.