A.management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, Pl.Ap.36b, R.498a, X.Oec.1.1, Arist.EN1141b32, Pol.1253b2 sqq. : pl., Pl.R.407b ; households, Arist.GA744b18.
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, SIG577.9 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).
3. arrangement, “ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ.” Hp.Epid.6.2.24 ; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, SIG695.35 (Magn. Mae.) ; “οἰκονομίαι” proceedings, IG9(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, CPR4.1 (i A. D.), BGU457.10 (ii A. D.), etc.
IV. magical operation or process, PMag.Par.1.161,292,2009.
