English edit

Etymology edit

Latin obstetrix

Noun edit

obstetrix

  1. (formal) A midwife.

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From obstō (to stand before) +‎ -trix, or with the same elements.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

obstētrīx f (genitive obstētrīcis); third declension

  1. midwife

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obstētrīx obstētrīcēs
Genitive obstētrīcis obstētrīcum
Dative obstētrīcī obstētrīcibus
Accusative obstētrīcem obstētrīcēs
Ablative obstētrīce obstētrīcibus
Vocative obstētrīx obstētrīcēs

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: obstetrix (learned)

References edit

  • obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obstetrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette