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)