De Equo et Leone

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 Equo et Leone: Horse and Lion. 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:

ars, calx, carere, dolus, equus, fingere, ictus, ius, leo, locus, medicus, orare, pes, pretium, pungere, senecta, sentis, spinosus, stultitia, vix

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

1 Thorny
7 Price, prize
8 To prick, puncture
10 To entreat, beg
11 Lion
13 Right, rule
15 Skill, technique
16 To lack, be without
17 Blow, beat
18 Scarcely, barely

DOWN

1 Foolishness
2 Old age
3 To pretend, feign
4 Thorn, thornbush
5 Place
6 Heel, hoof
7 Foot, hoof
9 Horse
12 Trick, deceit
14 Doctor, physician

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