De Aucupe et fringilla

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 Aucupe et fringilla: The Bird-Catcher and the Finch. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page for this fable 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:

abire, advenire, auceps, avis, avolare, capere, esca, fringilla, neglegere, pascere, pastus, paucitas, paucus, praeda, rete, spes, tantum, tendere, vix, volucris

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

2 So much, only, hardly
4 To catch, grab, trap
6 Feeding, feeding ground
9 Scarcely, barely
10 Bird
11 Finch
13 To fly away
17 To feed, graze
18 To stretch, spread
19 Food, bait

DOWN

1 Little, small, (pl.) few
3 Net, snare
5 Paucity, scantiness
7 To go away, leave
8 To disregard, ignore, disdain
9 Flying creature, bird
12 To come, arrive
14 Prey, booty
15 Fowler, bird-catcher
16 Hope

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