A.manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, “θαλάμους πατρός” S.El.190 (lyr.) ; “τ ὴν ο ἰκίαν” Pl.Ly.209d ; “τ ὰ ἴδ ι α ” X.Mem.3.4.12, etc. ; “τ ὸν ἴδ ι ο ν βίον” Euphro 4 ; τ α ῦτ α (i.e. meats) Alex.110.20 ; “ὄχ λ ο ν ” Com.Adesp.119 :—Med., Arist.Oec.1343a23 : c. dat., “ἄνθρωπος . . μεγίστοις -ε ῖτ α ι πράγμασιν” Men.531.14.
2. dispense, Pl.Phdr. 256e ; disburse, SIG667.20 (Athens, ii B. C.).
3. treat a substance with another, “πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ” Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.44 B. : metaph., of a poet, “ε ἰ τ ὰ ἄλ λ α μ ὴ ε ὖ ο ἰ.” treat, handle, Arist.Po.1453a29 ; so (in Med.) of an artist, “ο ἰ. τ ὴν ὕλ η ν ” Luc.Hist.Conscr.51 :—Pass., “τ ὰ σκέμματα . . ᾠκονομήσθω” Phld.D.3.8.
4. of public officers, administer, Plb.4.26.6, 4.67.9 :—Pass., “πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπ ὸ τ ῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη” Arist.Pol.1288a34.
II. intr., to be a house-steward, Ev.Luc.16.2.
