obstetrix
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
obstetrix
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From obstō (“to stand before”) + -trix, or with the same elements.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈsteː.triːks/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪eːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈste.triks/, [obˈst̪ɛːt̪riks]
Noun edit
obstētrīx f (genitive obstētrīcis); third declension
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
- obstētrīcius
- obstētricus (modern, medical)
- obstētricālis (modern, medical)
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