oeconomia Latin · revision 4316

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Quintilian|origins=grc οἶκος, grc νόμος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oe̯.kɔˈnɔ.mi.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.koˈnɔː.mi.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oeconomia''' ''f'' (genitive oeconomiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|οἰκονομία|tr=oikonomía|t=household management, arrangement]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary) from [[m|grc|οἶκος|tr=oîkos|t=house]] and [[m|grc|νόμος|tr=nómos|t=law]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Quintilian uses it of the arrangement of a speech or a work.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Quintilian c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short give the basic sense of management of household affairs, hence a proper division or arrangement of a speech or play, post-Augustan, and note that Cicero writes it in Greek letters.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD defines it as an author's arrangement of material, and Donatus uses it of the plan of Terence's plays.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The TLL notes Greek letters are frequent, and Tertullian writes ''oikonomia'' in Latin letters.^(TLL)

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+ In medieval Latin it was the administration of a household, of a church or a monastery.^(DMLBS) English ''economy'' is recorded in the 1530s as household management.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of arrangement.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''economy'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The management of a household.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The arrangement or plan of a speech, play or work.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The management of a church or monastery.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|economy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}