I.of or belonging to a midwife, obstetric (post -Aug.).
I. Lit.: “manūs obstetriciae,” Arn. 3, 166.—
B. Trop., Front. Orat. p. 246.—
II. Subst.: obstē^-trīcĭa (sc. officia), ōrum, n., midwifery, obstetrics: “Jove Liberum parturiente inter obstetricia dearum,” Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.