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οἰκονομικός

οἰκονομικός, practised in the management of a household

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οἰκονομικὰ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, feminine nominative dual, feminine vocative dual, feminine accusative dual, feminine nominative singular, feminine vocative singular of οἰκονομικός

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οἰκονομ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • practised in the management of a household or family, opp. πολιτικός, Pl. Alc. 1.133e, Phdr. 248d, X. Oec. 1.3, Arist. Pol. 1252a8, etc.: Sup., [κτημάτων] τὸ βέλτιστον καὶ -ώτατον, of man, Phld. Oec. p.30 J.: hence, thrifty, frugal, economical, X. Mem. 4.2.39, Phylarch. 65 J. (Comp.): ὁ οἰ. title of treatise on the duties of domestic life, by Xenophon; and τὰ οἰ. title of treatise on public finance, ascribed to Aristotle, cf. X. Cyr. 8.1.14: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) domestic economy, husbandry, Pl. Plt. 259c, X. Mem. 3.4.11, etc.; οἰ. ἀρχή defined as ἡ τέκνων ἀρχὴ καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ τῆς οἰκίας πάσης, Arist. Pol. 1278b38; applied to patriarchal rule, ib. 1285b32. Adv. -κῶς Ph. 2.426, Plu. Col. 2.1126a; also in literary sense, in a well ordered manner, Sch. Th. 1.63.

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