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, 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

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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

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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

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 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.

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

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

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 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

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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 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

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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.

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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

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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

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 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.

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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

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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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