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Eso se debe a que el mejor tinte púrpura proviene de ella.
That is because the only good purple dye comes from there.
El tinte púrpura que se había peinado en el cabello ya estaba descolorido.
The purple dye she’d combed into her hair was already faded.
En Lidia se dedicaba a capturar múrices, esa criatura llena de pinchos de la que se obtenía el tinte púrpura.
In Lydia they fished up the murex, a spiky creature out of which they made purple dye.
El tinte púrpura se extraía de un pequeño tubo del cuerpo del murex, lo cual implicaba una gran cantidad de desechos.
The purple dye was extracted from a small tube in the murex body, which meant a lot of leftovers.
Llevó al judío fanático Málico a Tiro, el enclave de la industria del tinte púrpura y la cuna del odiado dios Baal.
He took the fanatically Judaic Malichus to Tyre, home of the purple-dye industry and home of the hated god Baal.
Probó de nuevo la biblioteca, y esta vez supo en diez minutos que la ciudad de Tiro manufacturaba un raro tinte púrpura que era reservado a los emperadores romanos.
He tried the library again, and this time learned in ten minutes that the city of Tyre manufactured a rare purple dye that was reserved for the Roman emperors.
con ese liquen, los nativos fabrican un excelente tinte púrpura oscuro, con el cual tiñen cueros curtidos y paño, cuando consiguen éste por casualidad.
and from this moss the natives manufacture a most excellent deep purple dye, with which they stain tanned hides and also cloth, when they happen to get any of the latter.
Sus ropas negras de piel, tratadas con un tinte púrpura para impregnarlas con el color regio, crujieron suavemente cuando volvió a sentarse en el trono.
His black fur robes, treated with purple dye to imbue them with the royal hue, rustled softly as he once again settled himself into his throne.
Miembro romano de las Dieciocho, fijó su residencia en Tiro y entró en el negocio del tinte púrpura tras servir con Pompeyo Magno durante sus campañas en Oriente.
A Roman knight of the Eighteen, who took up residence in Tyre and went into the purple-dye business after serving with Pompeius Magnus during his eastern campaigns.
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