(adjective) : obstētrīcĭus (opst-) or -tĭus, a, um, obstetrix
* Of or belonging to a midwife, obstetric (post -Aug.).
* Lit.: manūs obstetriciae,Arn. 3, 166.
* Trop., Front. Orat. p. 246.
* Subst.: obstē-trīcĭa (sc. officia), ōrum, n., midwifery, obstetrics: Jove Liberum parturiente inter obstetricia dearum,Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.