κυέω + αἷμα
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Ἄρεος δὲ ὁ κύαμος, παρὰ τὸ κύειν αἷμα· ἔχριόν τε τὰς ἀλλήλων ὄψεις ἀντὶ αἵματος τὸ χρίσμα τοῦ κυάμου λαμβάνοντες, ταύτῃ γε τὸν Ἄρεα θεραπεύοντες
Translation (En)
The bean (kuamos) belongs to Ares, from "to be pregnant" (kuein) with blood (haima). And they used to smear each other's faces using, instead of blood, the juice obtained from beans, and that way they were worshipping Ares
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J. Lydus, ibid. 4.42 (ὅτι δὲ κύαμος ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος εἴρηται, δυνατὸν τῇ πείρᾳ παραλαβεῖν· εἴ τις γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀποβρέξει ἐπὶ νυχθήμερον, τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ ὕδωρ λύθρον εὑρήσει); Photius, Epistulae et Amphilochia 323 (κύαμον δὲ ἤσθιον κατὰ τὴν νεομηνίαν τοῦ Μαρτίου μηνὸς καὶ τὰς ὄψεις ἀλλήλων τῷ κυαμίνῳ ἔχριον χρίσματι, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Ἄρεως, φασίν, ὁ κύαμος, ἅτε δὴ κύων αἷμα); Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 351 (Κύαμος, φάβα μέγα· παρὰ τὸ κύειν αἷμα); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 518 (Παρὰ τὸ κύειν δὲ αἷμα σύγκεινται οἱ κύαμοι, ὧν ἡ κλῆσις ἔτι σῴζεται πολλαχοῦ τῶν Ἑῴων, οἳ κυάμιά φασιν αὐτοὺς ὑποκορίζοντες); Elias Cretensis, Commentarii in sancti Gregorii Nazianzeni orationes xix, 2.897 (ὁ γάρ τοι Ὀρφεὺς ἐδογμάτισε, κυάμους μὴ ἐσθίειν φιλόσοφον, οἶμαι διὰ τὸ κύειν αἷμα); Schol. in Batrachomyomachiam 125 (κυάμους […] ἀπὸ τοῦ κύειν τὸ αἷμα)
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Compositional etymology. The word is parsed as a VO compound. It refers to the fact that the bean dyes red the water, thus "begetting blood" metaphorically