manage as a house-steward, order, regulate,
οἰκονομ-έω,
A. manage as a house-steward, order, regulate,
θαλάμους πατρός
S. El. 190
(lyr.) ; τὴν οἰκίαν
Pl. Ly. 209d
; τὰ ἴδια
X. 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
.
2. dispense,
Pl. Phdr. 256e ;disburse, SIG 667.20 (Athens,ii B. C.).
3. treata 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
.
4. of public officers,administer,
Plb. 4.26.6 , 4.67.9 :— Pass. , πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη
Arist. Pol. 1288a34
.
II. intr.,to be a house-steward,
Ev.Luc. 16.2 .
