Lewis & Short

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

† oecŏnŏmĭa, ae, f., = οἰκονομία, the management of household affairs, domestic economy; hence, a proper division, arrangement, economy (of an oration, a play, etc.; post-Aug.; written as Greek, Cic. Ac. 6, 1, 1; 6, 1, 11): Hermogenes judicium, partitionem, ordinem, quaeque elocutionis sunt, subicit oeconomiae, quae, Graece appellata ex curā rerum domesticarum et hic per abusionem posita, nomine Latino caret, Quint. 3, 3, 9; 1, 8, 9.

† oecŏnŏmĭcus, a, um, adj., = οἰκονομικός.

  1. I. Of or relating to domestic economy; subst.: oecŏnŏmĭcus, i, m., a work of Xenophon on domestic economy. in eo libro, qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87; Gell. 15, 5, 8.
  2. II. Of or belonging to a proper (oratorical) division or arrangement; orderly, methodical: oeconomica totius causae dispositio, Quint. 7, 10, 11.

† oecŏnŏmus, i, m., = οἰκονόμος, a housekeeper, steward, overseer (post-class. for dispensator rei familiaris; cf. vilicus), Cod. Just. 1, 3, 33; Cod. Th. 9, 45, 3; Hier. Ep. 22, 18, § 35.‡ † oecūmĕnĭcus, a, um, adj., = οἰκουμενικός, of or belonging to the whole inhabited world, œcumenical (post-class.), Eckhel. D. N. t. 3, p. 336; so id. ib. p. 372.