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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