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faenĕus (fēn-, foen- ), a, um, adj. faenum, I.,
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.
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