De leporibus et ranis

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 leporibus et ranis: Hares and Frogs. 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:

agilitas, animus, anxius, corpus, fugere, inanis, insilire, insolitus, lepus, mugire, palus, periculum, prudens, rana, silva, timere, timor, trepidus, turbo, utrimque

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 To flee, run away
5 Spirit, courage
8 To roar, bellow
9 Forest, woods
13 Frog
14 Uneasy, anxious
16 Unusual, uncommon
17 Hare, rabbit
18 Restless, disturbed
19 On both sides

DOWN

1 Body
2 To fear, be afraid
4 Experienced, discreet
5 Quickness, speed
6 Whirlwind, hurricane
7 Fear
10 Danger
11 Empty, useless, foolish
12 To jump, leap
15 Swamp

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