κύᾰμος[ῠ],ὁ ,
A. bean, Vicia Faba, κ. μελανόχροες
Il. 13.589
, cf. Emp. 141 , IG 22.1013.19 , etc.; χλωροί
Batr. 125
; κ. Ἑλληνικός
Dsc. 2.105
; abominated by Pythagoreans, Arist. Fr. 195 , etc.; also, of the plant, Thphr. CP 4.14.2 .
2. Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, Id. HP 4.8.7 ; usu.Αἰγύπτιος κ., Nic. Fr. 81 , D.S. 1.10 , Dsc. 2.106 , Gal. 6.532 , 19.780 .
II. lotby which public officers were elected at Athens and elsewh. (because those who drewwhite beanswere chosen), Plu. Per. 27 ; ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν Ἀθηναίων πολεμαρχέειν
Hdt. 6.109
; ἐπίσκοπος . . τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών
Ar. Av. 1022
;οἱ πεντακόσιοι <οἱ> λαχόντες τῷ κ.Lex ap. And. 1.96 ; βουλὴ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ κ.