οἰκονόμος

See also: οικονόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house, home, estate”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule, authority”), equivalent to οἶκος (oîkos) +‎ νέμω (némō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.nó.mos/ → /y.koˈno.mos/ → /i.koˈno.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.nó.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.koˈno.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.koˈno.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.koˈno.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.koˈno.mos/

Noun

οἰκονόμος • (oikonómos) m (genitive οἰκονόμου); second declension

1. one who manages a household, the master of the house
2. a steward of an estate
3. a manager, administrator
4. superintendent of the public finances, the treasurer of a city
5. (biblical, Christianity) the apostles and other Christian teachers and bishops and overseers

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἰκονόμος; τοῦ οἰκονόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἰκονόμος ho oikonómos	τὼ οἰκονόμω tṑ oikonómō	οἱ οἰκονόμοι hoi oikonómoi
Genitive	τοῦ οἰκονόμου toû oikonómou	τοῖν οἰκονόμοιν toîn oikonómoin	τῶν οἰκονόμων tôn oikonómōn
Dative	τῷ οἰκονόμῳ tôi oikonómōi	τοῖν οἰκονόμοιν toîn oikonómoin	τοῖς οἰκονόμοις toîs oikonómois
Accusative	τὸν οἰκονόμον tòn oikonómon	τὼ οἰκονόμω tṑ oikonómō	τοὺς οἰκονόμους toùs oikonómous
Vocative	οἰκονόμε oikonóme	οἰκονόμω oikonómō	οἰκονόμοι oikonómoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (the master of the house): οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespótēs)

Derived terms

• οἰκονομέω (oikonoméō)
• οἰκονομῐ́ᾱ (oikonomĭ́ā)
• οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: οικονόμος (oikonómos, “housekeeper, steward; frugal or thrifty person”)
  • οικονομικός (oikonomikós, “economic, financial, fiscal; thrifty, economical”)
  • οικονομικά (oikonomiká, “study of economics”)
  • οικονομία (oikonomía, “economy, saving, thrift”)
• → Old Georgian: ჳკონომოსი (wiḳonomosi)

References

• “οἰκονόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “οἰκόνομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3623 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible