De lepore et testudine

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 lepore et testudine: The Hare and The Tortoise. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page 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:

currere, cursus, deridere, fateri, fidere, haud, iter, lepus, pes, quiescere, segnities, somnus, studium, stulte, subridere, superare, terminus, testudo, velox, vulpes

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

2 Foot
5 Fast
6 To trust
7 Race, course
12 Tortoise
14 Path, way
15 To run
16 To rest
18 Laziness
19 End, finish

DOWN

1 Not
3 Sleep
4 Hare
6 To confess
8 Zeal
9 Fox
10 To surpass, outdo
11 To scoff, mock
13 To smile
17 Foolishly, stupidly

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