obstetrico

obstē̆trīco (opst-), āre, v. n. and a. [obstetrix],

• to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres), to assist in childbirth, Vulg. Exod. 1, 16: obstetricandi scientia, id. ib. 1, 19.—
• • B Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.

obstetrīco, āvī, āre (obstetrix), Hebammendienste tun, obstetricandi scientia, Vulg. exod. 1, 19: quasi ipsae obstetricaverint, Interpr. Iren. 2, 28, 6: obstetricante manu eius, Vulg. Iob 26, 13: poëtis obstetricantibus (bildl.), Tert. ad nat. 2, 2. – prägn., obst. alqam, eine entbinden, Hebraeas, Vulg. exod. 1, 16: dei emissiones, Interpr. Iren. 2, 14, 8. – ➳ Depon. obstetrīcor, ātus sum, ārī, Interpr. Iren. 4, 33, 3 (wo semel ipsos obstetricatos esse affirmant).

obstĕtrīcō, āre, intr. et tr., faire lʼoffice de sage-femme, accoucher : Vulg. Exod. 1, 16 ; 1, 19 ; [fig.] Tert. Nat. 2, 12.