οἰκονομία - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “manager”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from οἶκος (oîkos) +‎ νέμω (némō).

οἰκονομῐ́ᾱ (oikonomĭ́ā) f (genitive οἰκονομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. the management of a household or family, husbandry
    1. (of a state) administration, management
    2. (of a poem) arrangement
      • Schol., Od. 1.328
  2. the public revenue of a state