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obstē̆trīcĭus (opst-) or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [obstetrix], of or belonging to a midwife, obstetric (post -Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: manūs obstetriciae, Arn. 3, 166.
    1. B. Trop., Front. Orat. p. 246.
  2. II. Subst.: obstē̆-trīcĭa (sc. officia), ōrum, n., midwifery, obstetrics: Jove Liberum parturiente inter obstetricia dearum, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.

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.