Lewis & Short

obstē̆trīco (opst-), āre, v. n. and a. [id.], to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres), to assist in childbirth, Vulg. Exod. 1, 16: obstetricandi scientia, id. ib. 1, 19.

  1. B. Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.