oeconomicus

Latin

Etymology

From oeconomia (“management of household affairs; arrangement, economy”) +‎ -icus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house, home, estate”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule, authority”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oe̯.koˈno.mi.kus/, [oe̯kɔˈnɔmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.koˈno.mi.kus/, [ekoˈnɔːmikus]

Adjective

oeconomicus (feminine oeconomica, neuter oeconomicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) domestic economy
2. orderly, methodical
3. economic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	oeconomicus	oeconomica	oeconomicum		oeconomicī	oeconomicae	oeconomica
Genitive	oeconomicī	oeconomicae	oeconomicī		oeconomicōrum	oeconomicārum	oeconomicōrum
Dative	oeconomicō		oeconomicō		oeconomicīs
Accusative	oeconomicum	oeconomicam	oeconomicum		oeconomicōs	oeconomicās	oeconomica
Ablative	oeconomicō	oeconomicā	oeconomicō		oeconomicīs
Vocative	oeconomice	oeconomica	oeconomicum		oeconomicī	oeconomicae	oeconomica

Descendants

• Catalan: econòmic
• French: économique, œconomique
  • → Romanian: economic
  • → Turkish: ekonomik
• Galician: económico
• Italian: economico
• Occitan: economic
• Portuguese: económico
• Spanish: económico

References

• “oeconomicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oeconomicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oeconomicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.