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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[manage as a house-steward]], [[order]], [[regulate]], θαλάμους πατρός S.''El.''190 (lyr.); τὴν οἰκίαν Pl.''Ly.''209d; τὰ ἴδια [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[dispense]], Pl.''Phdr.'' 256e; [[disburse]], ''SIG''667.20 (Athens, ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of public officers, [[administer]], Plb.4.26.6, 4.67.9:—Pass., [[πολιτεία]] ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων οἰκονομουμένη Arist.''Pol.''1288a34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., to [[be a house-steward]], Ev.Luc.16.2.