De Nutrice et Lupo

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 Nutrice et Lupo: Nurse and Wolf. 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:

fallere, forte, gemebundus, ieiunus, inanis, lupa, lupus, manere, minari, nutrix, obrepere, plorare, praeda, puer, silescere, silva, somnus, spes, tacere, tradere

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 threaten
5 To be quiet
7 By chance, accidentally
9 Wolf
11 To hand over
13 To grow silent, become still
14 To cry, weep
17 Nurse
19 Sleep, drowsiness
20 Empty

DOWN

1 Groaning, sighing
2 Boy
4 To deceive, lie
6 To remain, wait
8 To creep up on, steal upon
10 Woods, forest
12 Hungry, fasting
15 She-wolf
16 Booty, spoils
18 Hope

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