De rana et bove

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 rana et bove: Ox and Toad. 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:

aequare, bos, clamitare, coeptum, consilium, crepare, cupidus, desistere, distendere, filius, hortari, mater, natus, nihil, nunquam, rana, secundum, tertium, tumere, vincere

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 Nothing
5 To urge, incite
6 Eager, keen
9 Frog, toad
11 Cow, ox
14 Third, third time
16 To expand, stretch
17 To equal, make level
18 Beginning, start
19 Mother

DOWN

1 Son
2 To beat, defeat
4 To crackle, bust
6 To cry out, shout
7 To cease, stop
8 Again, second time
10 Advice
12 Never
13 To swell, puff up
15 Child, son

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