[2.14] ‘very often.’ The comparative often has this intensive force.
[2.15] adj. = the genitive of rēx.
[2.16] rē . . . tulit (ferō) = rem animadvertit et eōs tulit; cf. [p. xxiii], K 10.
[2.17] dō.
[2.18] = ut ēducārentur. The gerundive expresses purpose here, as often. See [p. xviii], E 4: H 622 (544, N. 2): M 994: A 294, d: G 430: B 337, 7, 2.
[2.19] adultī (adolēscō): ‘having grown’ = ‘when grown.’
[2.20] lūdicrīs certāminibus: ‘with playful contests,’—such as running, wrestling, and boxing. For the case, cf. [n. 10].
[2.21] = auxērunt (augeō).
[2.22] The abl. of the gerund here denotes manner.
[2.23] ‘from the seizure of’ = ‘from stealing.’