De Vidua et asino viridi

I'm using some new crossword puzzle software (online, fast, easy) to create new puzzles to go with the new Aesop's fables I'm posting at LatinViaFables.com.

Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Vidua et asino viridi: The Widow and The Green Donkey. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page for this fable to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the Latin words included in the puzzle:

admirari, albus, asinus, audere, coelibatus, cupere, defieri, depingere, fabula, insolitus, nubere, nuptiae, puer, senex, sermo, vicus, vidua, vir, viridis, vulgus

Click here to get the crossword puzzle to print and fill in.

Click here to get the crossword puzzle solution.

Here are the clues:

ACROSS

3 Talk, tale, story
7 White
8 Unusual, abnormal
11 To dare, act boldly
12 Conversation, talk, rumor
13 To grow less, run out, subside
14 Crowd
17 Widow
18 To paint

DOWN

1 Celibacy, single life
2 Village, hamlet
4 To admire, regard with wonder
5 To desire, long for
6 (pl.) marriage
9 Boy
10 Husband
11 Donkey
15 Old man
16 To get married

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