κύαμος (kuamos)
kuamos
a bean
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1. a bean , Lat. faba, (Iliad by Homer)
2. the lot by which public officers were elected at Athens (because those who drew white beans were chosen), ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών an officer chosen by lot , (Herdotus Historicus); βουλὴ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ κυάμου (Thucydides); ἄρχοντας ἀπὸ κυάμου καθιστάναι (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
2. the lot by which public officers were elected at Athens (because those who drew white beans were chosen), ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών an officer chosen by lot , (Herdotus Historicus); βουλὴ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ κυάμου (Thucydides); ἄρχοντας ἀπὸ κυάμου καθιστάναι (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)