Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Oikonomos (Greek: οἰκονόμος, from οἰκο - 'house' and - νόμος 'rule, law'), Latinized œconomus, oeconomus, or economos, was an Ancient Greek word meaning "household manager." In Byzantine times, the term was used as a title of a manager or treasurer of an organization.
The Oeconomicus (Ancient Greek: Οἰκονομικός) by Xenophon is a Socratic dialogue principally about household management and agriculture. Oeconomicus comes from the Ancient Greek words oikos for home or house and nemein which means management, [1] literally translated to 'household management'.
Erastus, Olympas, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius (Menologion of Basil II) Erastus of Corinth (Greek: Ἔραστος, Erastos), also known as Erastus of Paneas, held the political office of steward (Greek: οἰκονόμος, oikonomos), in Corinth, according to the Epistle to the Romans 16:23 of the New Testament.
The Economics (Ancient Greek: Οἰκονομικά; Latin: Oeconomica) is a work ascribed to Aristotle. Most modern scholars attribute it to a student of Aristotle or of his successor Theophrastus .
Oikonomos was a household manager in Ancient Greece, or a treasurer of an organization. It may also refer to: The etymology of the word economy; Oikonomos Tsaritsani F.C., a Greek football club; Oikonomos, a photograph series by Edson Chagas
The Latin word has its origin at the Ancient Greek's oikonomia or oikonomos. The word's first part oikos means "house", and the second part nemein means "to manage". [7] The most frequently used current sense, denoting "the economic system of a country or an area", seems not to have developed until the 1650s. [8]
In Egypt, the strategoi were originally responsible for the Greek military colonists established in the country. Quickly, they assumed a role in the administration alongside the nomarches, the governor of each of the country's nomes, and the oikonomos, in charge of fiscal affairs.
Oikonomou (Greek: Οικονόμου), also transliterated as Ikonomou and Economou, is a Greek surname, deriving from the word oikonomos, "housekeeper, steward". It can refer to: Aikaterini Oikonomou, birth name of Ketty Diridaoua, Greek actress; Antonis Oikonomou (1785–1821), naval captain in the Greek War of Independence