Latin edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

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

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

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oeconomicus oeconomica oeconomicum oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomica
Genitive oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomicī oeconomicōrum oeconomicārum oeconomicōrum
Dative oeconomicō oeconomicō oeconomicīs
Accusative oeconomicum oeconomicam oeconomicum oeconomicōs oeconomicās oeconomica
Ablative oeconomicō oeconomicā oeconomicō oeconomicīs
Vocative oeconomice oeconomica oeconomicum oeconomicī oeconomicae oeconomica

Descendants edit

References edit

  • 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.