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puerperus

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(adjective) : pŭerpĕrus, a, um, puer-pario
* Parturient, bringing forth children: uxor,Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2: verba,formulas that promote delivery,Ov. M. 10, 511.
* Subst.: pŭerpĕra, ae, f., a woman in labor or in childbed, a lying-in woman, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40; Cat. 34, 13; Hor. Epod. 17, 52; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 23; Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 37.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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