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

(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 • (kŭ́ămos) m (genitive κῠᾰ́μου); second declension

bean (Vicia faba)
(medicine) A swelling of the paps

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́ᾰμος; τοῦ κῠᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́ᾰμος ho kŭ́ămos	τὼ κῠᾰ́μω tṑ kŭắmō	οἱ κῠ́ᾰμοι hoi kŭ́ămoi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠᾰ́μου toû kŭắmou	τοῖν κῠᾰ́μοιν toîn kŭắmoin	τῶν κῠᾰ́μων tôn kŭắmōn
Dative	τῷ κῠᾰ́μῳ tōî kŭắmōi	τοῖν κῠᾰ́μοιν toîn kŭắmoin	τοῖς κῠᾰ́μοις toîs kŭắmois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́ᾰμον tòn kŭ́ămon	τὼ κῠᾰ́μω tṑ kŭắmō	τοὺς κῠᾰ́μους toùs kŭắmous
Vocative	κῠ́ᾰμε kŭ́ăme	κῠᾰ́μω kŭắmō	κῠ́ᾰμοι kŭ́ămoi
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, →DOI, page 84 Nr. 62