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ἐὰν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής → if you are studious, you will become learned

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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.