obstē^trīcĭus
a, um, adj.
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.