De accipitre et luscinia

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 accipitre et luscinia: Hawk and Nightingale. 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:

accipiter, avicula, captivus, ciere, clamare, clamosus, commovere, contra, demittere, frustra, impotens, liberare, luscinia, meus, misere, nil, pusillus, querimonia, silva, unguis

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

5 My, mine
6 Little bird
9 Forest, woods
10 Powerless
11 In vain
13 Hawk
14 Tiny, insignificant
15 Nightingale
17 Nothing
18 To excite, upset
19 To set free

DOWN

1 Complaint, accusation
2 Noisy, loud
3 To shout, shriek
4 Claw, talon
5 Pitiously, wretchedly
7 Against
8 Prisoner, captive
12 To let down, let go
16 To stir up, set in motion

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