[4] Fundare puppim in this sense is found in Claudian, De Mall. Cons. 113, who however probably imitates Virg. Elsewhere it is used for making a bottom to a ship: see Forc. ‘fundatus.’ A difficulty remains about the use of the imperfect, which is perhaps to be explained by supposing that the mooring of the several ships would occupy some time, and so may be represented as a continuing act.
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