oecŏnŏmĭa, ae, f., = οἰκονομία,
the management of household affairs , domestic economy; hence, a proper division , arrangement , economy (of an oration, a play, etc.; post-Aug.; written as Greek, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 1; 6, 1, 11): Hermogenes judicium, partitionem, ordinem, quaeque elocutionis sunt, subicit oeconomiae, quae, Graece appellata ex curā rerum domesticarum et hic per abusionem posita, nomine Latino caret, Quint. 3, 3, 9; 1, 8, 9.