Disputatio:Oeconomia

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Alexanderr, I have reverted your edit, just until we get the name sorted out. Please do not take offense, and please readd it here, once we hash out the name of the article.--Ioshus ^(disp) 04:32, 11 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've been reverted before so I wouldn't take offense. I just wanted to know what it was about. :) Alexanderr 04:40, 11 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

Ainsworth's dictionary says oeconomics [sic] is oeconomica pl., and an oeconomist [sic] is a rei familiaris administrator, curator, dispensator. IacobusAmor 05:11, 11 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

I'd much rather use oeconomus for economist, however I think oeconomica for economics would be fine. Alexanderr 05:13, 11 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

And, for what it's worth, Ainsworth's defines oeconomia, -ae, f. (the present title) as, believe it or not: 'a certain oeconomy, or order, in the disposal of parts, necessary for orators and poets' (used in this sense by Quintilian & Cicero). IacobusAmor 05:19, 11 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)