οἰκονομ-ικός,ή,όν,
A. practised in the management of a householdorfamily,opp.πολιτικός,
Pl. Alc. 1.133e , Phdr. 248d , X. Oec. 1.3 , Arist. Pol. 1252a8 , etc. : Sup. ,[κτημάτων] τὸ βέλτιστον καὶ-ώτατον,of man, Phld. Oec. p.30
J. : hence,thrifty, frugal, economical,
X. Mem. 4.2.39 , Phylarch. 65
J. ( Comp. ) :ὁ οἰ.title of treatiseon the duties of domestic life,by Xenophon ; andτὰ οἰ.title of treatiseon public finance,ascribed to Aristotle, cf. X. Cyr. 8.1.14 :ἡ -κή(sc.τέχνη) domesticeconomy, husbandry,
Pl. Plt. 259c , X. Mem. 3.4.11 , etc. ;οἰ. ἀρχήdefined asἡ τέκνων ἀρχὴ καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ τῆς οἰκίας πάσης,
Arist. Pol. 1278b38 ; applied topatriarchal rule,ib. 1285b32 .Adv.
-κῶς
Ph. 2.426
, Plu. 2.1126a ; also in literary sense,in a well ordered manner,Sch. Th. 1.63 .