De Vidua et asino viridi

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Vidua et asino viridi: The Widow and The Green Donkey. 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:

admirari, albus, asinus, audere, coelibatus, cupere, defieri, depingere, fabula, insolitus, nubere, nuptiae, puer, senex, sermo, vicus, vidua, vir, viridis, vulgus

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3 Talk, tale, story
7 White
8 Unusual, abnormal
11 To dare, act boldly
12 Conversation, talk, rumor
13 To grow less, run out, subside
14 Crowd
17 Widow
18 To paint

DOWN

1 Celibacy, single life
2 Village, hamlet
4 To admire, regard with wonder
5 To desire, long for
6 (pl.) marriage
9 Boy
10 Husband
11 Donkey
15 Old man
16 To get married

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De Ariete et tauro

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Ariete cum tauro pugnante: The Ram Who Fought With The Bull
. 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:

aries, arietare, atrox, caput, certamen, cornu, decertare, facile, firmitas, frons, ictus, impar, lacessere, laniger, potens, statim, stultus, superare, taurinus, taurus

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3 Blow, stroke
4 Easily
7 To challenge, attack
8 Head
12 Immediately, at once
13 Bull's, bull (adjective)
14 To ram, batter
17 Horn
18 Wool-bearer, sheep
20 Forehand, forepart

DOWN

1 Foolish, fool
2 Strength
5 To fight, compete
6 Fierce, savage
9 Ram
10 To overcome, defeat
11 Contest, combat
15 Bull
16 Powerful
19 Uneven, unequal

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De cane et ovibus

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Cane oves domini sui occidente, a quo suspensus est: The Dog who slew his master's sheep and was hanged by him. 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:

amicitia, aperte, canis, cibus, dignus, grex, hostis, inimicus, laedere, longe, lupus, magis, mors, ovile, ovis, palam, pastor, potius, punire, species

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2 Death
4 Shepherd
6 Worthy of, deserving
8 Rather
11 Sheep
12 Friendship
14 To punish, avenge
15 Flock
16 Wolf
17 Openly
19 Far, by far
20 More

DOWN

1 Enemy
3 Dog
5 Unfriendly, enemy
7 Appearance, show
9 Sheepfold
10 To strike, injure, hurt
13 Food, nourishment
18 Publicly, plainly

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De Asino aegrotante

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Asino aegrotante et Lupis visitantibus: About the Donkey who is ill and the wolves who come to visit. 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:

aegrotare, asinus, canis, celeriter, cito, cupire, exire, fama, filius, fingere, interire, lupus, melius, mori, mors, ostium, pater, rimula, velle, visere

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3 Wolf
4 Quickly, soon
8 To create, invent, contrive
9 Door, doorway
11 To want, wish, will
13 To die, perish
15 Better
16 To be sick, languish
17 To die
18 Little crack

DOWN

1 To desire, long for
2 Donkey
4 Dog
5 Son
6 Quickly, rapidly
7 Father
10 To visit, go to see
12 To go out, go forth
14 Rumor, report
15 Death

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De Agricola et Poeta

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Agricola quodam et Poeta: A Certain Farmer and a Poet. 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:

accedere, ager, agricola, colere, continue, doctus, eruditus, homo, illiteratus, inter, liber, pactum, poeta, postquam, solus, stipare, tantum, tunc, turba, vivere

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1 Crowd
5 Person
6 Farmer
8 Learned, erudite
9 Learned, educated
11 Poet
12 Ceaselessly, without interruption
13 To crowd, surround, compress
14 Book
15 After
18 Between, among
19 Then, at that time
20 Bargain, agreement, manner

DOWN

2 To come hear, approach
3 Uneducated, unlearned
4 Alone
7 To tend, take care of
10 To live
16 Only, hardly
17 Field

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De Sene

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Sene ob impotentiam libidinem carnis relinquente: The Old Man who gave up his carnal pleasures on account of impotence. 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:

amor, erigere, impotentia, insudare, libido, obesse, pater, poena, praeditus, sanctitas, sanctus, senex, singularis, tandem, Venus, vir, virga, virtus, vitium

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3 Fault, vice, sin
8 Gifted with, provided with
11 Stick, rod, staff
12 Old man
14 To raise, erect, arouse
16 Punishment
17 Holiness
18 Lone, unique, remarkable

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1 Man
2 Love
4 To swear, perspire, work up a sweat
5 Desire, longing, lust
6 Holy
7 To be a nuisance, be a harm
8 Father
9 Weakness, impotence
10 Finally, at last
13 Strength, courage, worth, virtue
15 Roman goddess of love

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De Lepore

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Lepore sese Vulpi praeferente ob pedum velocitatem: The Rabbit boasting about his swift-footedness to the Fox. 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:

canis, corpus, dignus, eludere, fabula, indicare, ingenium, lepus, longe, pernicitas, pes, praeferre, praestans, reputare, saepe, sortiri, superare, velocitas, vis, vulpes

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2 Strength, power, force
4 To escape from, baffle, cheat
5 Far away, by far
7 To obtain by lot, choose
8 To show, reveal, point out
9 Foot
13 To carry in front, prefer
17 Often
18 Speed, agility

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1 Tale, story
2 Fox
3 To reflect, think
6 Worthy, deserving
8 Talent, character, slyness
10 To overcome, surpass
11 Excellent, outstanding
12 Hare, rabbit
14 Swiftness
15 Dog
16 Body

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De Erinaceo et Vipera

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Erinaceo Viperam hospitem eiiciente: The Hedgehog who tossed out his host, the Viper. 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:

acumen, angustus, blandus, caverna, consortium, dolor, erinaceus, exire, frigus, hiems, hospitium, locus, manere, orare, pungere, spina, torquere, vehemens, vipera, vis

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1 Severe, violent, vigorous
5 Pain, anguish
6 Entertainment; lodging
9 Narrow, close, confined
11 Partnership, fellowship
13 Viper, serpent
15 Cold, chill, frost
16 Thorn, spine, prickle
18 To stay, remain
19 Sharp point, sharpness

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2 To go out
3 Hedgehog
4 Place
7 To prick, sting
8 Flattering, sweet, nice
10 To turn, twist, torment
11 Hole, den, burrow
12 Winter, winter-cold
14 Strength, force
17 To beg, ask, plead

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De Cochlea

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Cochlea petente ab Iove ut suam domum secum ferre posset: About the Snail, petitioning Zeus so that she could carry her house along with her. 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:

circumferre, cochlea, domus, elargire, exordium, exposcere, ferre, fugere, gravis, malle, malus, molestus, mundus, munus, onus, petere, posse, vicinitas, vicinus, vitare

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2 To avoid, shun, evade
7 Weight, burden
8 Snail
10 Bad, wicked
12 To carry around
13 House, home
16 To request, ask for
17 Gift
18 To beg, entreat, ask for
19 Weighty, heavy, burdensome

DOWN

1 Nearby, neighboring, neighbor
3 To bestow freely, distribute
4 Annoying, tiresome
5 To prefer, wish more
6 Proximity, neighborhood
9 Beginning, introduction
10 World, universe
11 To flee, run away from, shun
14 To be able to
15 To carry, bear

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De Mure liberante Milvum

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Mure liberante Milvum: The Mouse Who Freed The Kite. 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:

abrodere, auceps, avis, dens, evolare, gratia, immemor, implicere, inimicus, lacerare, laqueum, malignus, milvus, mus, quamvis, rostrum, solvere, unguis, via, vinculum

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1 Bird
2 Although, even though
6 Spiteful, mean
8 Bond, chain, fetter
9 Favor, thanks (pl.)
11 Mouse
12 Enemy, hostile
14 To mangle, cut, destroy
15 Kite (bird)
16 Nail, claw, talon
17 To fly away, fly out
18 Unmindful, forgetful, heedless

DOWN

1 To gnaw away, gnaw through
3 Way
4 Tooth
5 Beak
7 To tangle, entangle
10 Birdcatcher, fowler
13 To unbind, loosen, free
14 Snare, trap

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De Lupo et Histrice

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Lupo suadente histrici, ut tela deponeret: The Wolf Persuading the Hedgehog to lay down his weapons. 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:

astutia, audere, esuriens, fraus, histrix, intendere, invadere, lupus, munire, onus, portare, proelium, sagitta, sagittarius, sapiens, suadere, telum, tempus, tergus, undique

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4 Battle, fight, contest
7 Hedgehog
9 Weight, burden
10 Back, hide
12 Hungry, famished
14 Archer, bowman
15 Time
17 Wise, wise man
18 To dare, be brave enough to
19 Trick, cunning strategy

DOWN

1 Trick, deceit
2 To carry
3 On all sides, all around
5 To attack
6 Wolf
8 To stretch, strain, direct
11 Spear, dart, weapon
13 To fortify, defend, arm
14 Arrow
16 To urge, suggest, advise

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De Asino

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Asino, qui hero ingrato serviebat: The Donkey, who served an ungrateful master. 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:

asinus, atrox, cadere, delictum, dominus, herus, ignavus, immemor, infelix, ingratus, nuncupare, offensa, onus, piger, pristinus, salebrosus, sarcina, servire, verber, vir

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1 Man
5 Whipping, blow, lashing
7 Unlucky, unhappy, wretched
8 Former, original
10 Fault, offense, crime
12 Ungrateful
13 Master
16 Pack, bundle, load
17 To name, call
18 To serve, be a slave to
19 Displeasure, cause for complaint
20 Lazy

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2 Forgetful, unmindful, heedless
3 Lord, master
4 Fierce, savage, terrible
6 Weight, burden
9 Rough, rugged
11 Donkey
14 Worthless, useless
15 To fall

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De Mure

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 Mure, qui cum fele amicitiam contrahere volebat: The Mouse who wanted to make friends with the cat. 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:

admodum, amicitia, atrox, caput, commorare, credere, delitescere, dilacerare, felis, lupus, mitis, mus, opus, paries, pellis, profecto, tabulatum, temere, tristis, vultus

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2 Wall, house wall
6 Skin, hide
7 Wolf
10 To believe, trust, have faith
12 Floor, story
14 Mouse
16 Surely, indeed, certainly
17 To lurk, hide, shelter
18 Sad
19 Fierce, ravening, savage

DOWN

1 Rashly, blindly, recklessly
3 Quite, very, extremely
4 Work, action
5 Head
8 To tear to pieces
9 Mild, meek, gentle
10 To stop, stay, dwell
11 Friendship
13 Face, appearance
15 Cat

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De Asino

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 Asino laborum finem non inveniente: The Donkey not finding any end to his labors. 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:

aestas, argilla, asinus, figulus, fornax, frigus, glacies, hibernus, hiems, imbrex, later, messis, nix, palea, pomum, requies, tegula, ver, victus, votum

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3 Snow
6 Vow, pledge, prayer
8 Tile
12 Brick
15 Chaff, husk
16 Potter's clay
17 Food, fodder
19 Winter (adjective)
20 Rest, peace

DOWN

1 Fruit, apple
2 Winter, winter-time, storm
4 Summer, summer heat
5 Furnace, oven, kilm
7 Tile, roof-tile
9 Potter
10 Ice
11 Cold weather, winter, frost
13 Harvest
14 Donkey
18 Spring (the season)

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De Viro clusteria recusante

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Viro clusteria recusante: The Man Who Refused An Enema. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page for this fable to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

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accedere, admodum, aegrotare, aspera, caput, catervatim, cluster, convalescere, dives, dolere, eiicere, furor, insuetus, iubere, mederi, mel, musca, percire, podex, salutaris

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4 Rich, wealthy man
6 To hurt, feel pain
9 To heal, cure, remedy
11 Rough, harsh, severe
13 To be ill
16 To get well, recover
17 Enema
18 Healthful, beneficial
19 To stir up, excite
20 Quite, very, exceedingly

DOWN

1 Rage, madness
2 Rear-end, anus
3 Honey
5 To command, order
7 To throw out, eject
8 Unfamiliar, unaccustomed
10 In troops, crowds, swarms
12 To come near, approach
14 Fly (insect)
15 Head

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De Viro Zelotypo

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Viro Zelotypo, qui uxorem dederat custodiendam: The Jealous Husband, who handed over his wife for safe-keeping. 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:

amicus, comperire, copula, custodire, custos, fidere, herba, impudicus, ingens, integer, maritus, mulier, pratum, provincia, pulex, uxor, versutia, violare, vir, zelotypus

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3 Man, husband
5 Meadow, field, plain
8 Husband, spouse
11 To trust in, have confidence in
12 Cunning, craftiness
14 To learn, discover, find out
16 To dishonor, violate
17 Guard, guardian, watchman
18 Woman
19 Jealous

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1 Wife
2 Bond, relationship
4 Whole, entire, complete
6 Friend
7 Province, office, command
9 Huge, vast, enormous
10 Grass
13 Shameless, not chaste
14 To keep watch over, guard
15 Flea

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De Adolescente canente

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Adolescente in funere matris canente: About the Young Man who sang at his mother's funeral. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page for this fable to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

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amens, canere, cantare, concinere, defunctus, filius, flere, fletus, funus, gratis, increpare, lacrima, maestus, mater, pater, sacerdos, sepulchrum, una, uxor, vir

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4 Father
6 Tear
7 To chant, sing
8 Dead, deceased
10 Son
12 Mother
13 To rebuke, chide, upbraid
14 Burial, funeral
17 Gloomy, sad
18 Man, husband

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1 Demented, crazy
2 To sing, celebrate
3 To weep
5 Grave, tomb
7 To sing along, accompany
9 Together with, at the same time
10 Weeping, crying
11 Priest
15 Wife
16 Freely, without payment

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De Muliere

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Muliere, quae pro viro mori se velle dicebat: The Woman, who said she wanted to die in place of her husband. 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:

admodum, adversus, amans, amor, aspectus, cernere, eripere, lectus, maritus, matrona, mors, occidere, petere, poenitere, pudicus, timor, valetudo, venire, vir, votum

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1 Loving, affectionate
3 Vow, pledge, promise
9 Husband, spouse
10 To come
12 Man, husband
13 To snatch away, take by force
14 Appearance, view
16 Health, soundness
17 To kill, slay, cut down
18 Hostile, unfavorable, bad
19 To distinguish, see, note

DOWN

1 Very, exceedingly
2 Love
4 Death
5 Wife, married woman
6 Fear
7 Chaste, virtuous, pure
8 To ask for, seek, aim at
11 Bed, couch
15 To regret, be sorry for

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De Avibus

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 Avibus plures reges eligere volentibus: The Birds wanting to elect more kings. 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:

aquila, avis, consilium, cornix, destituere, ducere, eligere, grex, implere, monitus, princeps, quia, regere, rex, rogare, saccus, solus, unus, volucer, votum

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6 Decision, plan, action
7 Bird
8 To lead, command, consider
12 To fill, fill up
14 Bag, wallet, sack
15 Chief, leader, prince
17 To rule, direct, guide
19 Because

DOWN

1 One
2 To desert, abandon, fail
3 Winged, flying; bird
4 Pledge, vow, vote
5 Warning, advice
7 Eagle
9 To ask, inquire
10 To pick out, elect, choose
11 Crow, she-crow
13 Flock
16 Alone, only, single
18 King

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De Viro maligno et Daemone

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 Viro maligno et Daemone: The Wicked man and The Devil. 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:

arctus, auxilium, calceus, carcer, comparare, conclusus, conterere, custodia, daemon, fascis, humerus, malignus, peragrare, perire, perpetrare, pertundere, pervigil, saepenumero, scelus, vir

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3 Bundle
6 Prison, jail
7 To die, perish, be destroyed
9 Confined, enclosed
13 To exhaust, wear out, grind down
14 Sleepless, always watching
15 Shoulder, upper arm
16 Shoe, slipper
18 To travel all over, scour
19 On many occasions

DOWN

1 Man
2 Devil, demon
4 Crime, sin, evil deed
5 Wicked, spiteful
8 Aid, help, assistance
10 To provide, collect, buy
11 To perforate, wear through
12 To commit, carry out
13 Safe-keeping, custody, guard
17 Tight, narrow, thick

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De Amne

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 Amne suum fontem conviciis lacessente: About the Stream who harangued its spring with complaints. 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:

amnis, arrogare, attribuere, blandus, ceu, convicium, dulcis, evanescere, fons, indignatus, iners, lacessere, largus, optimus, piscis, privatus, serpere, unda, velut

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1 To harass, harangue, assail
3 Spring, source
5 To attribute, give credit for
8 To crawl, creep, glide
10 Wave, surge
12 Just as, like
15 To claim, take credit for
17 Sweet
18 Best, excellent

DOWN

2 Complaint, reproach, insult
4 Deprived of, free from, lacking
6 To disappear, vanish
7 Weak, inactive, helpless
9 Lavish, bountiful
11 Charming, pleasant
13 Fish
14 Just as, as if
16 Stream, current, river

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De Asino et Scurra

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 Asino et Scurra: The Donkey and The Buffoon. 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:

accedere, admirari, amicire, asinus, crepitus, cur, dignus, ducere, edere, emittere, foetor, magistratus, magnus, minus, pulcher, quia, scurra, sonus, venter, vestis

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2 Donkey
5 To cover, drap, wrap
7 Why
10 To approach, come near
12 To produce, give forth
14 Worth, worthy
15 Buffoon, clown
18 To be surprised, amazed
19 Sound
20 Office; officer, functionary

DOWN

1 Lovely, pretty, handsome
3 Stomach, gut, belly
4 Because
6 To lead, command, consider
8 Stink, bad smell
9 Great, large
11 To send out, let go, discharge
13 Crackle, fart
16 Less
17 Garment, clothing

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De Agricola

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 Agricola militiam et mercaturam affectante: The Farmer aspiring to the arts of war and of business. 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:

agricola, augere, bos, caper, equus, imperator, lautus, lucrum, merx, miles, militia, miseria, navis, ovis, praedium, proelium, sors, vendere, vulnus

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3 Elegant, fashionable, fine
5 Sheep
7 Soldier
10 Commodity, goods, merchandise
11 Farm, estate
14 General, commander
16 Horse
18 Military service, campaign
19 To increase, exalt, improve

DOWN

1 Ship
2 Gain, profit
4 Ox, cow, cattle
6 To sell
8 Battle, contest
9 Wound, injury
12 Farmer
13 Goat, billy-goat
15 Distress, woe, disaster
17 Fate, lot

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De Cera

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 Cera duritiem appetente: The Wax, seeking to become hard. 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:

appetere, calor, cera, denegare, durities, eiicere, ictus, idem, ignis, ingemiscere, later, levis, lutum, mollis, perdurare, pervenire, procreare, saeculum, statim, videre

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1 Mud, clay
4 Heat, warmth
5 To arrive, achieve
8 Wax
10 Century, age
13 To strive for, seek, grasp at
14 Stab, hit, strike
15 Fire
17 To last, endure
18 To see
19 To cast, throw, fling

DOWN

1 Brick
2 Soft
3 To sigh, groan, agonize
6 To deny, refuse
7 Hardness
9 Immediately
11 Light, slight
12 To create, produce
16 The same

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De Ulmo et Silere

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Ulmo et Silere: The Elm and The Willow. 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:

amnis, aqua, assiduus, debilis, flectere, flumen, impetus, inconcussus, invalidus, irridere, levis, perfringere, proximus, ridere, ripa, robur, semel, siler, ulmus, unda

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1 Stream, current
4 Neighboring, neighbor
6 Light, slight
8 Weak
10 Unshaken, steady
14 Bank
15 To mock at, scoff
16 River, stream
17 Willow, brook-willow

DOWN

1 Water
2 Elm tree
3 To laugh
4 To break in half, break through
5 Regular, incessant
7 To bend, turn, bow
9 Powerless
11 Wave
12 Rush, attack, surge
13 Once, on one occasion
14 Strength, solidity, might

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De Leone et Mure

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 Leone et Mure: The Lion and The Mouse. 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:

abnuere, abrodere, capere, casus, conterere, explicare, filia, gratus, immemor, impar, improbare, irretitus, laqueum, leo, mus, nupta, premere, silva, uxor, vir

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3 Daughter
4 Chance, accident, calamity
7 Bride
8 To refuse, decline, deny
9 Uneven, unequal
11 To disentangle, unfold
13 To condemn, reject, disapprove
14 Lion
16 Pleasing, agreeable
17 Wife
18 To crush, grind to pieces
19 Mouse

DOWN

1 Woods, forest
2 Man, husband
5 To gnaw away, chew
6 To seize, grasp, catch
10 To press, oppress, overwhelm
12 Entangled, ensnared, trapped
14 Snare, trap, noose
15 Forgetful, heedless

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De Viro et Uxore Bigamis

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Viro et Uxore Bigamis: The and The Woman who Remarried. 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:

vir, uxor, maritus, vidua, bigamus, facinus, diligere, assiduo, defunctus, prior, pauper, capo, cena, accersere, valde, coquere, nocere, cupere, pugnare, vindicare

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2 Poor man, beggar
5 Former, prior
8 To avenge, fight back
11 Capon, chicken
12 Twice-married
14 To desire, want, long for
16 To cook, boil, bake
18 Woman, wife
19 To summon, invite
20 Greatly, extremely, very

DOWN

1 To fight, do battle
3 Deed, misdeed, crime
4 Widow
6 To favor, cherish, love
7 Husband, spouse
9 Dead, deceased
10 To hurt, harm, injure
13 Constantly, incessantly
15 Man, husband
17 Dinner, supper

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De Heremita et Milite

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Heremita et Milite: The Hermit and The Soldier. 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:

amplius, anima, corpus, discrimen, exercere, exiguus, heremita, hortari, miles, militia, monere, offensa, praedari, quies, saeculum, salus, sanctus, stipendium, vita, vitium

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2 Soul
4 Holy, pious, venerable
9 To warn, advise
13 Body
14 Pay, wages
15 To acquire loot, pillage, plunder
16 Calm, rest, peace
18 Hermit
19 Displeasure, offense
20 Further, farther, beyond

DOWN

1 Life
3 Soldier
5 Age, the secular world
6 Fault, crime, sin
7 Warfare, military campaign
8 To conduct, carry out, practice
10 To incite, urge, encourage
11 Crisis, dividing line
12 Meager, poor, scanty
17 Well-being, health, safety

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De Coriario et Urso

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Coriario emente pellem ursi a venatore nondum capti. 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:

anhelitus, antrum, arbor, auris, canis, coriarius, deinceps, emere, fera, humus, latere, naris, pellis, saevire, silva, spirare, surgere, ursus, venator, vendere

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2 Woods, forest
5 To buy
7 To breathe
9 To get up, rise up
12 Dog
14 Next, hereafter
15 Beast, wild animal
17 Ear
18 Ground, soil
19 Tanner, leather-worker

DOWN

1 Skin, pelt, hide
3 Cave
4 To lurk, hide
6 To sell
7 To rage, attack
8 Bear
10 Puffing, breathing
11 Hunter
13 Nostril
16 Tree

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