οἰκόνομ-ος,ὁ,ἡ,
A. one who manages a household,
= οἰκοδεσπότης , X. Oec. 1.2 , Pl. R. 417a , etc. ;steward of an estate,
Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ.
PCair.Zen. 48.2
(iii B.C.);house-steward,being a slave, IG 5(1).40 , 1235 , IGRom. 4.1699 , TAM 2.518 (Pinara), prob. in BCH 52.413 : metaph., οἰ. ἡδονῆς
Alcid.
ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a27 .
2. generally,manager, administrator,opp.τύραννος,
Id. Pol. 1314b7 , etc. : hence,
b. title of a subordinate state official, IG 5(2).389.15 (Lusi,iv/iii B. C.) ; also of a high financial officer, Inscr.Prien. 6.30
(iv B. C.), BMus.Inscr. 448.7 (Ephesus,iv B. C.) ; under a monarch, OGI 225.37
(iii B. C.); in Egypt, ORev.Laws 3.3 , 5.6 , al.(iii B. C.), PTeb. 39.11
(ii B. C.), etc.; in charge of the Serapeum, UPZ 56.7 (ii B. C., pl.);οἱ Καίσαρος οἰ.,=Lat.procuratores Caesaris,