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

     

    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
    tōî 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

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: οικονόμος (oikonómos, “housekeeper, steward; frugal or thrifty person”)
    • → Old Georgian: ჳკონომოსი (wiḳonomosi)

    References

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