economy Copy link Outline I. Household management1. *scientia or disciplina tuendae rei familiaris, cf. ECONOMIC (1).2. dīlĭgentia3. cella (by meton.II. By anal., in theol. sense, dispensationIII. Political e.IV. Frugality • economy: I. Household management: 1. *scientia or disciplina tuendae rei familiaris, cf. economic (1). 2. dīlĭgentia: a steward is the substitute for my personal e., [villicus] vicarius meae diligentiae succedit, Col. 11, 1; more fully, rei familiaris diligentia, cf. Col. l. c. 3. cella (by meton.: lit., larder): you call this pillage and spoliation by the name of e., huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis, Cic. Verr. 3, 85, 197 (cf. Nägels, p. 5 II. By anal., in theol. sense, dispensation: *oecŏnŏmia, lex, instĭtūta (pl.): v. dispensation. III. Political e.: *publicarum opum scientia or disciplina. IV. Frugality: parsĭmōnia, dīlĭgentia: v. frugality.