faeneus
From LSJ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
Latin > English
faeneus faenea, faeneum ADJ :: of hay; (homines faeneos => men of straw)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
