faenĕus

I. of hay (very rare): homines faeneos in medium ad tentandum periculum projectos, 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.