Ursus et Alvearia

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 Ursus et Alvearia: The Bear and The Hives. 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:

acriter, aculeus, agmen, alveare, apicula, apis, concussio, examen, facies, icere, indignabundus, involare, irritare, irruere, leviter, satis, temere, unus, ursus, velut

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 Marching army
7 Swarm
9 To strike, hit
10 Heedlessly, blindly
12 Hive
14 One
15 Sharply, keenly
18 Sting, point
19 Sufficient, satisfactory
20 Filled with indignation

DOWN

1 To stir up, stimulate
2 Face
3 To fly in, fly at
5 To rush in, rush at
6 Lightly, gently
8 Just as, as if
11 Shaking, striking
13 Little bee
16 Bear, he-bear
17 Bee

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