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... nec Laconicas mihi trahunt honestae purpuras clientae. ...

Lewis & Short s.v. traho: Trahere lanam, vellera, etc., to draw out lengthwise, i. e. to spin, manufacture: manibus trahere lanam, “Laconicas purpuras,” Hor. C. 2, 18, 8.—