[7] Tendit iter velis as “tendere iter pennis” 6. 240. Comp. 5. 28, “Flecte viam velis.” Probably Virg. also meant his readers to think of “tendere vela.” Pal. and Gud. have ‘portus,’ which is perhaps the more usual expression in Virg., being found in various places where only a single harbour seems to be meant (below v. 22., 5. 813., 6. 366; besides many others where the reference is uncertain); but we have had “Caietae portum” 6. 900.
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