De Musca et Formica

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 Musca et Formica - Ant and Fly. 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:

aestas, alimentum, carus, esurire, exemplar, formica, hiems, invisus, labor, laetus, memor, molestus, mori, musca, nobilis, repere, stabilis, vagus, vivere, volitare

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

2 Annoying, tiresome
4 Mindful, remembering
7 To be hungry
8 To live
10 To fly, flitter
12 Happy, cheerful
13 Well-born, outstanding
16 Fly
17 Dear, valued
18 Ant
19 Hated, detested

DOWN

1 Summer
3 Model, ideal
5 To creep
6 Food, nourishment
9 Settled, stable
11 Winter
12 Effort, hard work
14 Roving, wandering
15 To die

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