exercebat, the imperfect of customary action, as is also consumebat.

24. autem. See the note on 5, 8.

25. arti, dative of indirect object with the intransitive verb studebat.

10. 2. omnibus viribus, 'with all his might,' ablative of manner.

3. e vita. Notice that the preposition denoting separation appears both
with the noun and in the verb. Compare _in atrium inrupit_, 7, 3.

4. neque quisquam, 'and not any one,' _i.e_. 'and no one.' _Quisquam_ is
used chiefly in negative sentences.

5. voluit, 'was willing.'

7. facit. See the note on 4, 25.

8. nomine. See the note on 5, 8.

9. vir crudelissimus, not 'cruelest man,' but 'most cruel man.' The
superlative is often thus used to denote simply a high degree of the
quality.

consueverat. Inceptive verbs end in _sco_ and denote the beginning of an
action or state. The perfect and pluperfect of such verbs often represent
the state of things resulting from the completion of the action, and are
then to be translated as present and imperfect respectively. So
_consuesco_ = 'I am becoming accustomed,' _consuevi_ = 'I have become