οἰκονομ-έω,
manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 190 (Lyric poetry); τὴν οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209d; τὰ ἴδια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.12, etc.; τὸν ἴδιον βίον 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 110.20; ὄχλον “Comica Adespota” 119 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1343a23: with _dative_, ἄνθρωπος.. μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.14. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 dispense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; disburse, [[ “SIG” 667.20 (Athens, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [[ 2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.44 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453a29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 51 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 of public officers, administer, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.26.6, 4.67.9 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1288a34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, to be a house-steward, [[NT.Luke.16.2. ] NT]