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... vellera lanae       cui properabantur? tibi nempe, ne foret...


vellera...properabanur: the fleeces of wool twice (dyed) with Tyrian purple dye from shell fishes ("muricibus"). The first meaning of "properare" is to prepare with haste, which fits the context here.


 
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