οἰκονομικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of the house”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.no.mi.kós/ → /y.ko.no.miˈkos/ → /i.ko.no.miˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.no.mi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ko.no.miˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.no.miˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.no.miˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ko.no.miˈkos/

Adjective

οἰκονομῐκός • (oikonomikós) m (feminine οἰκονομῐκή, neuter οἰκονομῐκόν); first/second declension

1. practised in the management of a household or family

   Antonym: πολῑτῐκός (polītikós)

2. thrifty, frugal, sparing, economical

Inflection

First and second declension of οἰκονομῐκός; οἰκονομῐκή; οἰκονομῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		οἰκονομῐκός oikonomikós	οἰκονομῐκή oikonomikḗ	οἰκονομῐκόν oikonomikón		οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ	οἰκονομῐκᾱ́ oikonomikā́	οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ		οἰκονομῐκοί oikonomikoí	οἰκονομῐκαί oikonomikaí	οἰκονομῐκᾰ́ oikonomiká
Genitive		οἰκονομῐκοῦ oikonomikoû	οἰκονομῐκῆς oikonomikês	οἰκονομῐκοῦ oikonomikoû		οἰκονομῐκοῖν oikonomikoîn	οἰκονομῐκαῖν oikonomikaîn	οἰκονομῐκοῖν oikonomikoîn		οἰκονομῐκῶν oikonomikôn	οἰκονομῐκῶν oikonomikôn	οἰκονομῐκῶν oikonomikôn
Dative		οἰκονομῐκῷ oikonomikôi	οἰκονομῐκῇ oikonomikêi	οἰκονομῐκῷ oikonomikôi		οἰκονομῐκοῖν oikonomikoîn	οἰκονομῐκαῖν oikonomikaîn	οἰκονομῐκοῖν oikonomikoîn		οἰκονομῐκοῖς oikonomikoîs	οἰκονομῐκαῖς oikonomikaîs	οἰκονομῐκοῖς oikonomikoîs
Accusative		οἰκονομῐκόν oikonomikón	οἰκονομῐκήν oikonomikḗn	οἰκονομῐκόν oikonomikón		οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ	οἰκονομῐκᾱ́ oikonomikā́	οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ		οἰκονομῐκούς oikonomikoús	οἰκονομῐκᾱ́ς oikonomikā́s	οἰκονομῐκᾰ́ oikonomiká
Vocative		οἰκονομῐκέ oikonomiké	οἰκονομῐκή oikonomikḗ	οἰκονομῐκόν oikonomikón		οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ	οἰκονομῐκᾱ́ oikonomikā́	οἰκονομῐκώ oikonomikṓ		οἰκονομῐκοί oikonomikoí	οἰκονομῐκαί oikonomikaí	οἰκονομῐκᾰ́ oikonomiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		οἰκονομῐκῶς oikonomikôs				οἰκονομῐκώτερος oikonomikṓteros				οἰκονομῐκώτᾰτος oikonomikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: oeconomicus

Further reading

• “οἰκονομικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οἰκονομικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οἰκονομικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette