οἰκονομία
oikonomia
management of a household
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
οἰκονομία, ἡ, A. management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, Ap. 36b, R. 498a, Oec. 1.1, EN 1141b32, Pol. 1253b2 sqq. : pl., R. 407b ; households, GA 744b18. 2. generally, direction, regulation, Ep. 1p.29U. ; esp. of a State, administration, αἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν οἰ. 1.97 ; principles of government, 2.338 ; τῶν γεγονότων 1.4.3, al. ; πολιτικὴ οἰ. Rh. 2.32 ; ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς οἰ. 6.1.1 ; of a fund, SIG 577.9 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). 3. arrangement, ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ. Epid. 6.2.24 ; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, SIG 695.35 ( Mae.) ; οἰκονομίαι proceedings, 9(1).226 (Drymaea) ; τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, PCair.Zen. 240.10 (iii B. C.) ; αὕτη φύσεως οἰ. 6.9.10 ; of a literary work, arrangement, ἡ κατὰ μέρος οἰ. 5.1, cf. Pomp. 4, Comp. 25, Sch.Od. 1.328 : pl., 2.142a. 4. in Egypt, office of οἰκονόμος, PTeb. 24.62 (ii B.C.), al. 5. stewardship, Is. 22.19, Ev.Luc. 16.2. 6. plan, dispensation, 1.10, 3.2. 7. in bad sense, scheming, 4.51. II. public revenue of a state, BMus.Inscr. 897.14, al. (Halic., iii B.C.). III. transaction, contract, or legal instrument, CPR 4.1 (i A. D.), BGU 457.10 (ii A. D.), etc. IV. magical operation or process, 1.161,292,2009.
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