I.the management of household affairs, domestic economy; hence, a proper division, arrangement, economy (of an oration, a play, etc.; post-Aug.; “written as Greek,” Cic. Ac. 6, 1, 1; 6, 1, 11): “Hermogenes judicium, partitionem, ordinem, quaeque elocutionis sunt, subicit oeconomiae, quae, Graece appellata ex curā rerum domesticarum et hic per abusionem posita, nomine Latino caret,” Quint. 3, 3, 9; 1, 8, 9.
oecŏnŏmĭa , ae, f., = οἰκονομία,