foeneus

faenĕus ( fēn-, foen- ), a, um, adj. [faenum, I.], of hay (very rare):

homines faeneos in medium ad tentandum periculum projectos,

men of hay, hay effigies, Cic. Fragm. Or. Cornel. 1, 1; cf.:

simulacra effigie hominum ex faeno fieri solebant, quibus objectis ad spectaculum praebendum tauri irritarentur,

Ascon. p. 62 ed. Orell.—

II.

Fig.: faeneus ille Platonicus Antiochus, August. c. Acad. 3, 18.