I.a midwife: “peperit Sine obstetricis operā,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 22; id. Capt. 3, 4, 96: “mittere ad obstetricem,” Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 5; Hor. Epod. 17, 51; Vulg. Exod. 1, 15: “obstetricum nobilitas,” Plin. 28, 6, 18, § 67; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 8 sq.
obstē^trix (opst- ) or obstī^trix (opst- ), īcis, f. obsto,