obstē^trīco

āre, v. n. and a.
I. [id.], to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres), Vulg. Exod. 1, 16: obstetricandi scientia, id. ib. 1, 19.—
B. Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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