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.