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|Full diacritics=οἰκονομέω
|Medium diacritics=οἰκονομέω
|Low diacritics=οικονομέω
|Capitals=ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΕΩ
|Transliteration A=oikonoméō
|Transliteration B=oikonomeō
|Transliteration C=oikonomeo
|Beta Code=oi)konome/w
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">manage as a house-steward, order, regulate</b>, θαλάμους πατρός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>190</span> (lyr.) ; τὴν οἰκίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>209d</span> ; τὰ ἴδια <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.4.12</span>, etc. ; τὸν ἴδιον βίον <span class="bibl">Euphro 4</span> ; <b class="b3">ταῦτα</b> (i.e. meats) <span class="bibl">Alex.110.20</span> ; ὄχλον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>119 :—Med., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1343a23</span> : c. dat., ἄνθρωπος . . μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν <span class="bibl">Men.531.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">dispense</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 256e</span> ; <b class="b2">disburse</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>667.20 (Athens, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">treat</b> a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ Ps.-Democr.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.44</span> B. : metaph., of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. <b class="b2">treat, handle</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1453a29</span> ; so (in Med.) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>51</span> :—Pass., τὰ σκέμματα . . ᾠκονομήσθω Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of public officers, <b class="b2">administer</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.26.6</span>, <span class="bibl">4.67.9</span> :—Pass., πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1288a34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">to be a house-steward</b>, Ev.Luc.16.2.</span>
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