De Cane Mordaci

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 Cane Mordaci: The Biting Dog. 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:

accedere, aetas, canis, cavere, dare, decus, dedecus, despicere, dominus, errare, gravis, homo, illigare, monere, mordere, nola, popularis, saepius, scilicet, virtus

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

8 To look down on, despise
9 To bite
10 To tie on, attach
11 To approach
13 Age, lifetime
15 Heavy, imposing
16 Of course, you know
19 Bell, little bell
20 Very often

DOWN

1 To beware, be on guard
2 To give
3 To warn, advise
4 Fellow countryman, partner
5 Person
6 To err, be mistaken
7 Shame
12 Master, owner
14 Goodness, virtue
17 Dog
18 Honor

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