De Vitula 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 Vitula et Bove: Calf and Bull. 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:

aculeus, adesse, agricola, arare, bos, cernere, contemno, cum, dies, immolare, immolatio, irridere, iugum, laborare, lascivus, mollis, pascuum, subridere, vagari, vitula

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 Yoke
5 Soft, gentle
9 To be present
10 Bull, ox
15 Sacrifice
16 Sting, goad
17 To laugh at, mock
18 When
19 Day
20 To despise, condemn

DOWN

1 To wander, roam
2 Heifer, calf
4 To plow
6 To smile
7 To see, perceive
8 Farmer
11 Pasture
12 To slay, sacrifice
13 Playful, frisky
14 To work

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