οἰκόνομ-ος, ὁ, ἡ,
one who manages a household, ={οἰκοδεσπότης}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417a, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; steward of an estate, Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ. [[ “PCair.Zen.” 48.2 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; house-steward, being a slave, [[ “IG” 5(1).40, 1235, “IGRom.” 4.1699, “TAM” 2.518 (from Pinara), probably in “BCH” 52.413: _metaphorically_, οἰ. ἡδονῆς 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406a27. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 generally, manager, administrator, opposed to τύραννος, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1314b7, etc.: hence, ] Refs]
__2.b title of a subordinate state official, [[ “IG” 5(2).389.15 (Lusi, 4th-3rd c.BC) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of a high financial officer, [[ “Inscription Prien.” 6.30 (4th c.BC), “BMus.Inscription” 448.7 (Ephesus, 4th c.BC) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; under a monarch, [[ “OGI” 225.37 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Egypt, [[ “ORev.Laws” 3.3, 5.6, +others (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 39.11 (2nd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in charge of the Serapeum, [[ “UPZ” 56.7 (2nd c.BC, _plural_)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ Καίσαρος οἰ., = Latin procuratores Caesaris, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 39 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θεοῦ οἰ. minister of God, [[ NT.Tit.1.7, cf. NT.1Cor.4.1. ] NT]
__II as feminine, housekeeper, housewife, [[ 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 3.7, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.7: Metaphorical, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 155. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]