κύαμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πύανος (púanos)

Etymology

Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin due to the presence of variations and rejects a derivation from κυέω (kuéō). Possibly connected to Classical Syriac ܓܘܡܐ (gūmā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גוגמא, גגמא (“bean”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.a.mos/ → /ˈcy.a.mos/ → /ˈci.a.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.a.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.a.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.a.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.a.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.a.mos/

Noun

κῠ́ᾰμος • (kúamos) m (genitive κῠᾰ́μου); second declension

1. bean (Vicia faba)
2. (medicine) A swelling of the paps

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́ᾰμος; τοῦ κῠᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́ᾰμος ho kúamos	τὼ κῠᾰ́μω tṑ kuámō	οἱ κῠ́ᾰμοι hoi kúamoi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠᾰ́μου toû kuámou	τοῖν κῠᾰ́μοιν toîn kuámoin	τῶν κῠᾰ́μων tôn kuámōn
Dative	τῷ κῠᾰ́μῳ tôi kuámōi	τοῖν κῠᾰ́μοιν toîn kuámoin	τοῖς κῠᾰ́μοις toîs kuámois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́ᾰμον tòn kúamon	τὼ κῠᾰ́μω tṑ kuámō	τοὺς κῠᾰ́μους toùs kuámous
Vocative	κῠ́ᾰμε kúame	κῠᾰ́μω kuámō	κῠ́ᾰμοι kúamoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• φάσηλος (phásēlos)

Derived terms

• κυαμίας (kuamías)
• κυάμινος (kuáminos)
• κυάμιον (kuámion)
• κυαμίτης (kuamítēs)
• κυαμών (kuamṓn)
• κυαμωνίτης (kuamōnítēs)
• ὑοσκύαμος (huoskúamos)

 

References

• “κύαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κύαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 66
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bean idem, page 66.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• “gwm²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “gwgmy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 491
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 84 Nr. 62