oeconomicus

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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

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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.