κύαμος

kyamos

bean, Vicia Faba

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 5
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Book III 1
Chapter 21 522b6–523a12

522b33
Book VI 1
Chapter 3 561a4–562b2

561a30
Book VIII 2
Chapter 7 595b4–21

595b7
595b7
Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

627b17
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20

752a22
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 166 846b22–24

846b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

κύαμος [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. lot by which public officers were elected at Athens and elsewh. (because those who drew white beans were 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. Th. 8.66, cf.Arist. Ath. 24.3, 32.1; ἄρχοντας ἀπὸ κ. καθιστάναι X. Mem. 1.2.9; κυάμοισι τὰς ἀρχὰς αἱρέεσθαι Luc. Vit.Auct. 6; κύαμον ἐδέξατο Schwyzer 701 B 30 (Erythrae, v B.C.); κυάμῳ πατρίῳ S. Fr. 404. III. swelling of the paps at puberty, Ruf. Onom. 92, Poll. 2.163, cf. Eust. 749.21. IV. woodlouse, Gal. 12.367.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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