De Rustico 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 Rustico et Mure: The Country-man 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:

admodum, ardere, casus, cursus, diffidere, facetus, felicitas, fortuna, fugere, ignis, incendium, latus, lepus, maestus, mus, ocissime, pauper, rusticus, tempus, villa

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1 Conflagration, fire
4 Side
5 Luck, fortune
8 Mouse
11 Country-man, farmer
12 To burn, be on fire
13 Chance
15 Fire
17 Sad, mournful
18 Time

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2 Run, running
3 To despair, doubt
4 Grace, wit, charm
5 Witty
6 Exceedingly, very
7 House, farmhouse
9 Most quickly, very quickly
10 Happiness, prosperity
14 To flee, run away
16 Poor, impoverished

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Roman Emperors (B)

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Today's crossword is ANOTHER crossword about Roman Emperors. You can visit the widget page for this topic to see the widget in action.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the emperors included in the puzzle:

Augustulus, Augustus, Aurelius, Caligula, Caracalla, Constantine, Decius, Gallienus, Hadrian, Julian, Justin, Maxentius, Maximinus, Nero, Nerva, Probus, Theodosius, Titus, Valens, Vitellius

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2 Issued edict against Christianity in 250 C.E.
7 Known as the "last true Roman," killed by Goths in 378 C.E.
8 The last emperor of both the eastern and western the empire.
9 Ordered the death of his brother and co-emperor, Geta.
10 The first "barbarian" (Thracian) to rule as emperor.
11 Died in battle with Constantine at the Milvian Bridge.
15 During his reign, most of Gaul was lost.
16 Built the massive wall in Great Britain.
18 Killed by his own soldiers in 282 C.E.
19 Born a Macedonian peasant, he became emperor in 518 C.E.
20 Stoic philosopher, last of the "five good emperors."

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1 The first of the "five good emperors."
3 The first Christian Roman Emperor.
4 The last pagan emperor, known as the "Apostate."
5 Notorious for gluttony, fond of eating flamingo tongues
6 The last Roman emperor in the West, he abdicated the throne in 476 C.E.
12 The first emperor of Rome
13 Famously "fiddled while Rome burned."
14 His name means "little boot."
17 Emperor who defeated the Jewish Rebellion in 70 C.E.

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Roman Emperors (A)

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Today's crossword is about Roman Emperors. You can visit the widget page for this topic to see the widget in action.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the emperors included in the puzzle:

Antoninus, Aurelian, Claudius, Commodus, Constans, Constantius, Diocletian, Domitian, Elagabalus, Galba, Gratian, Honorius, Justinian, Philip, Tiberius, Trajan, Valentinian, Valerian, Vespasian, Zeno

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4 Emperor when Rome was sacked by Visigoths in 410 C.E.
7 First emperor following Julio-Claudian dynasty.
10 Later given the nickname "Pius."
14 The "last great western emperor," died in 375 C.E.
16 Replaced cult of Jupiter with that of "Deus Sol Invictus."
17 Emperor in the East when the Roman empire fell in the West.
18 Born in Syria, and known as "the Arab."
19 Emperor during the conquest of Britain.
20 Third and youngest son of Constantine the Great.

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1 Ruled over the empire at its greatest geographical extent.
2 In his reign, Roman law was revised and Hagia Sophia built.
3 Defeated in Battle of Edessa and taken captive by Persians.
5 Often depicted dressed as Hercules, carrying a club.
6 Founder of the Flavian dynasty.
8 Defeated Queen Zenobia of the Palmyrene Empire.
9 Founder of the Constantinian dynasty.
11 Murdered by members of the Senate in 96 C.E.
12 Brought an end to the "crisis of the third century."
13 The heir of the Emperor Augustus.
15 Ruled in the west, while Valens ruled the eastern empire.

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De Sene et Puella

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 Sene puellam in uxorem accipiente: The Old Man Who Took a Young Girl as His Wife. 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:

annus, coelibatus, debitum, deesse, disponere, ducere, exigere, imprudens, invenire, male, peragere, permanere, puella, senex, septuagesimus, solvere, tempus, uxor, vir, vita

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6 To find, discover
7 Seventieth
8 To finish, complete
10 To unbind, pay off
11 To drive out, finish
12 Year
14 Debt, duty, obligation
17 Man
19 To lead, command, take

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1 Life
2 To remain, endure
3 Foolish, unsuspecting
4 State of being a bachelor
5 To arrange, order
9 Girl
13 Wife
14 To lack, be wanting
15 Time
16 Badly, poorly
18 Old man

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De Iuvene et Sene

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Iuvene Senis curvitatem irridente: The Youth Who Mocked The Old Man's Bent Back. 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:

aetas, amittere, arcus, concedere, curvus, effugere, irridere, iuvenis, minime, nature, pecunia, pervenire, senex, senilis, similitudo, tensus, velle, vendere, vitium, vivere

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4 Fault, failing
7 To live
10 To reach, arrive
15 Nature
16 To grant, permit
18 Old man's, aged
19 Bow (noun)
20 Arched, bowed, bent

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1 To let go, lose
2 Old man
3 To want
5 Young man
6 To escape from, flee
8 To laugh at, mock
9 Likeness, imitation
11 Not at all, least of all
12 Money
13 Stretched, bent
14 To sell
17 Age, time of life

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De Viro et Cardinale

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De viro qui ad Cardinalem accessit: The Man Who Approached the Cardinal. 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, amicitia, amittere, assequi, auditus, cardinalatus, despicere, dignitas, dignoscere, dissimulare, facetus, honor, iocus, pervenire, pristinus, promptus, sensus, tumidus, vetus, visus

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2 To overtake, achieve
3 Witty, clever
4 To approach, go to
10 Public office, regard
12 Former, old-time
13 Friendship
16 Rank of cardinal
17 Old, long-time
18 To arrive, reach
19 Feeling, awareness

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1 Sight, power of seeing
2 To lose, let go of
5 Worth, rank
6 To discern, recognize
7 Ready, eager
8 To conceal, disguise
9 Puffed up, swollen
11 To look down on, despise
14 Hearing, power of hearing
15 Joke, jest

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Hiatus brevis

I'm in the process of moving right now, so this blog will be on hold for a couple of weeks. I hope to resume posting audio again by the end of June. I'll still be keeping up the Latin Via Fables and Audio Latin Proverbs blogs during this time (I hope!), and if you want you can subscribe to the Bestiaria Latina blog round-up to see the updates to those blogs, and to find out when I resume publishing again here at AudioLatin.com. And now... back to packing!

De Trabe et Bobus

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 Trabe et Bobus eam trahentibus: The Log and the Oxen Pulling It. 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:

alere, bos, conqueri, docere, excandescere, frons, gemitus, ingratus, invitus, laedere, lutum, nutrix, pungere, saxum, spons, stimulus, suspirium, trabs, trahere, ulmeus

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2 Nurse
5 Mud, dirt
9 Elm
12 Groan
14 To flare up, blaze with anger
16 Ox, bull
17 To nourish, support
18 Tree trunk, log
19 Goad, spur

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1 Unwilling, reluctant
3 To lament, complain
4 Rock, stone
5 To hurt, wound
6 To prick, sting
7 To teach, show
8 Sigh
10 Free will
11 Ungrateful
13 To drag
15 Foliage, leafy bough

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De Caponibus

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 Caponibus pinguibus et macro: About the Fat Capons and the Thin One. 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:

capo, cibus, cocus, convivium, coquere, corpulentus, dives, dominus, interimere, irridere, largus, lautus, macer, macilentus, pauper, pinguis, praeter, solamen, tutus, vir

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4 Capon, rooster
6 Food
7 To cook
8 Fat, rich
11 Meager, thin
14 Wealthy, rich man
15 Except for
17 Elegant, luxurious
18 Thin, skinny
19 To laugh at, mock

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1 Lord, master of the house
2 Lavish, plentiful
3 Banquet, feast
5 Stout, heavy
9 Comfort, solace
10 To kill, destroy
12 Man
13 Safe
15 Poor man
16 Cook

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De Vulpe et Mulieribus

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Vulpe et Mulieribus gallinam edentibus: The Fox and the Chicken-Eating Women. 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:

alienus, anus, assare, canis, caterva, clamor, comedere, conspicere, domus, fruari, gallina, latratus, mulier, opiparus, pessimus, plurimus, proprius, transire, villa, vulpes

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2 Crowd, troop
5 Home, house
7 Own, very own
9 Very many, the most
12 Cry, outcry
14 To observe, witness
15 Dog
16 Worst, wickedest
17 Farm, country estate
19 Barking, howling
20 To roast, bake

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1 Chicken, hen
3 Fox
4 Woman
6 To go by, pass through
8 To eat
10 Outsider, stranger
11 To profit by, delight in
13 Rich, sumptuous
18 Old woman

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De Asino et Vitulo

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Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Asino et Vitulo: Donkey and Calf. 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:

asinus, campana, captivus, deterior, dominus, esse, exercitus, formidare, fugere, hostilis, hostis, mutare, occidere, onus, pratum, prior, servus, sodalis, sonitus, vitulus

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1 To eat
4 Preceding, previous
5 To change
7 Enemy
9 Master, lord
12 Bell
14 Sound
18 Meadow, pasture
19 Army
20 Prisoner, captive

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2 Servant, slave
3 Weight, burden
6 Donkey, ass
8 Companion, comrade
10 To kill, slay
11 Enemy (adj.)
13 To flee, run away
15 To fear
16 Worse, lesser
17 Calf (veal-calf)

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De Cuculo et Accipitre

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 Cuculo et Accipitre: Cuckoo and Hawk. 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:

accipiter, angustia, animus, avis, caro, corpus, cuculus, dies, discrimen, irridere, metus, rupes, rusticus, suavis, terrenus, tutus, venari, vermis, vesci, vita

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2 Body
4 Sweet, gratifying
7 To mock, laugh at
9 Flesh, meat
12 Bird
13 To hunt
15 Country-man, farmer
17 Safe
18 Day
19 Hawk

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1 To feed on, enjoy
3 Cliff, rock
5 Worm
6 Earth (adj.)
8 Cuckoo
10 Strait, narrowness
11 Crisis, division
12 Mind, courage
14 Fear, dread
16 Life

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De Columba et Pica

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 Columba et Pica: Dove and Magpie. 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:

columba, cum, decipere, fabula, facilis, inde, indicare, inducere, interrogare, locus, nidificare, pica, probus, pullus, respondere, saepe, semper, simplicitas, surripere, vir

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1 Easy
5 Dove
6 Place
9 Magpie
11 Often
13 To ask, question
15 Honest, good
16 From that place, from there
17 When, since
18 To lead in, induce
19 Man

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2 Simplicity, candor
3 To point out, show
4 Fable, story
7 To answer, reply
8 To nest, build a nest
10 To steal, take away secretly
11 Always
12 To deceive, dupe
14 Chick

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De Rustico amnem transituro

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 Rustico amnem transituro: Farmer Crossing the Stream. 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:

altus, amnis, aqua, brevis, clamosus, flumen, forte, imber, pars, placidus, quietus, rursus, rusticus, silens, strepitus, tentare, torrens, transire, tutus, vadum

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3 Again, in turn
5 Part
7 Quiet, calm
10 Safe
13 River, stream
14 Gentle, peaceful
15 High, deep
17 Shallow place, ford
18 Uproar, crash
19 Rushing stream, torrent

DOWN

1 Short, shallow
2 Water
4 By chance, accidentally
6 Silent, still
8 To go across
9 Country-man, farmer
11 To test, try
12 Noisy, shouting
15 Stream, river
16 Rain, shower

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De Aranea et Hirundine

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 Aranea et Hirundine: Spider and Swallow. 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:

advolare, aer, aranea, avis, capere, cibus, credere, foris, hirundo, iuste, labor, musca, pati, pendere, perire, portare, rete, textrix, volatilis, volitare

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1 Fly (insect)
3 Food
6 To hang, dangle
7 To suffer, undergo
8 Net
10 To die, perish
12 To fly up to, fly into
13 Swallow (bird)
15 Lower air, atmosphere
16 Flying, winged
17 Door, entrance
18 Weaver (female)

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2 To think, believe
3 To get, grab
4 Spider
5 To carry
9 To fly, flitter
11 Rightly, fairly
14 Effort, work
15 Bird

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