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O / obstē^trīco
verb transitive intransitive

obstē^trīco

2nd PP obstē^trīcāre · conj. 1st
to perform the office of a midwife •
[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.—
figuratively •
Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.
Perseus ID: n31899 Key: obstetrico