obstetricem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obstetrico, obstetricare, obstetricavi, obstetricatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Bio/medical
assist in childbirth, perform the office of a midwife, provide obstetric care;
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →obstetrix, obstetricis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
midwife;
acc. sg.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iter inceptas; quis est quem arcessis? AST. Archilinem ~obstetricem. DIN. Mala tu femina es, oles unde es disciplinam..."Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...respicit nos. SO. Propera tu, mea Canthara, curre, obstetricem arcesse, ut quom opus sit ne in mora nobis..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quor tu abis ab illa? MY. obstetricem accerso. PA. propera. atque audin? verbum unum cave de nuptiis..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nobis aliquam opem sunt latura properemus. Nemo qui obstetricem parturienti filiae sollicitus accersit edictum et ludorum ordinem perlegit..."