De columbis et accipitre

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 columbis et accipitre. 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:

accipiter, bellum, columba, cum, deligere, expugnare, gerere, haud, hostis, igitur, inceptum, laniare, milvus, olim, pati, penitus, putare, rapere, rex, segnis

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

6 To wage, do
7 Kite (bird)
10 When
11 To grab, seize
12 Dove, pigeon
15 To storm, overcome
16 Once, formerly
18 Inwardly, thoroughly
19 To think
20 Sluggish, lazy

DOWN

1 Therefore
2 Not
3 War
4 King
5 Hawk
8 Start, something begun
9 To pick, choose
13 To butcher, mangle
14 Enemy
17 To suffer, endure

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