De Pavone et Grue

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 Pavone et Grue: The Peacock and The Crane. 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:

animosus, cauda, cenare, contemnere, fateri, foedus, formosus, grus, hospes, iactare, inire, nobilitas, nubes, ostentare, pavo, penna, tectum, una, vix, volatus

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

4 Beautiful, shapely
6 Nobility, excellence
11 Spirited, courageous
12 To dine, eat
14 To confess, admit
16 To boast, brag
17 Pact, agreement
19 Tail
20 Feather, plume

DOWN

1 Peacock
2 Guest, host
3 To scorn, despise
5 Scarcely
7 To show, show off
8 Flight
9 Cloud
10 Crane
13 Roof
15 To enter into
18 Together

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