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

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative oeconomicus oeconomica oeconomicum oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomica
genitive oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomicī oeconomicōrum oeconomicārum oeconomicōrum
dative oeconomicō oeconomicae oeconomicō oeconomicīs
accusative oeconomicum oeconomicam oeconomicum oeconomicōs oeconomicās oeconomica
ablative oeconomicō oeconomicā oeconomicō oeconomicīs
vocative oeconomice oeconomica oeconomicum oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomica

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.