Galli et Perdix

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 Galli et Perdix: Roosters and The Partridge. 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:

ala, area, cadere, calcar, civilis, conspectus, crudelis, cruentus, diu, duo, gallus, includere, involare, mutare, odium, perdix, rabies, rusticus, tandem, vulnus

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

4 Countryman, farmer
6 Spur
7 Sight, view
9 Two
11 Cruel, mean
13 Wound
15 Rooster
16 Rage, madness
18 Partridge
19 To fall, die

DOWN

1 For a long time
2 Courtyard, barnyard
3 To change, turn
5 To shut in, enclose
8 Bloody
10 Hatred
11 Public, popular
12 To fly in, fly at
14 Finally, at last
17 Wing

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