οἰκονομία

oikonomia

management of a household

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book III 1
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694c7
Book V 1
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747b1
Book VII 2
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809c5
819c5
Republic 2
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Book III 1
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407b6
Book VI 1
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498a1
Apology 1
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36b7
Lysis 1
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209d2

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰκονομία, ἡ, A. management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, Pl. Ap. 36b, R. 498a, X. Oec. 1.1, Arist. EN 1141b32, Pol. 1253b2 sqq. : pl., Pl. R. 407b ; households, Arist. GA 744b18. 2. generally, direction, regulation, Epicur. Ep. 1p.29U. ; esp. of a State, administration, αἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν οἰ. Din. 1.97 ; principles of government, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.338 ; τῶν γεγονότων Plb. 1.4.3, al. ; πολιτικὴ οἰ. Phld. Rh. 2.32 S. ; ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς οἰ. Hdn. 6.1.1 ; of a fund, SIG 577.9 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). 3. arrangement, ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ. Hp. Epid. 6.2.24 ; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, SIG 695.35 (Magn. Mae.) ; οἰκονομίαι proceedings, IG 9(1).226 (Drymaea) ; τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, PCair.Zen. 240.10 (iii B. C.) ; αὕτη φύσεως οἰ. Plb. 6.9.10 ; of a literary work, arrangement, ἡ κατὰ μέρος οἰ. D.S. 5.1, cf. D.H. Pomp. 4, Comp. 25, Sch.Od. 1.328 : pl., Plu. 2.142a. 4. in Egypt, office of οἰκονόμος, PTeb. 24.62 (ii B.C.), al. 5. stewardship, LXX Is. 22.19, Ev.Luc. 16.2. 6. plan, dispensation, Ep.Eph. 1.10, 3.2. 7. in bad sense, scheming, M.Ant. 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, PMag.Par. 1.161,292,2009.

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