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English (LSJ)

   A manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός S.El.190 (lyr.) ; τὴν οἰκίαν Pl.Ly.209d ; τὰ ἴδια X.Mem.3.4.12, etc. ; τὸν ἴδιον βίον Euphro 4 ; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) Alex.110.20 ; ὄχλον Com.Adesp.119 :—Med., Arist.Oec.1343a23 : c. dat., ἄνθρωπος . . μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν Men.531.14.    2 dispense, Pl.Phdr. 256e ; disburse, SIG667.20 (Athens, ii B. C.).    3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.44 B. : metaph., of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, Arist.Po.1453a29 ; so (in Med.) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην Luc.Hist.Conscr.51 :—Pass., τὰ σκέμματα . . ᾠκονομήσθω Phld.D.3.8.    4 of public officers, administer, Plb.4.26.6, 4.67.9 :—Pass., πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη Arist.Pol.1288a34.    II intr., to be a house-steward, Ev.Luc.16.2.