οἰκονόμος

See also: οικονόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “house, home, estate”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule, authority”).

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
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

Derived terms

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

References
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