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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>obstē&#774;trix</b>: (opst-) or obstī&#774;trix (opst-), īcis, f. [[obsto]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[midwife]]: peperit Sine obstetricis operā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 22; id. Capt. 3, 4, 96: mittere ad obstetricem, Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 5; Hor. Epod. 17, 51; Vulg. Exod. 1, 15: obstetricum [[nobilitas]], Plin. 28, 6, 18, § 67; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 8 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>obstĕtrīx</b>,¹⁴ īcis, f. (ob, [[sto]]), accoucheuse, sage-femme : Pl. Capt. 629 ; Ter. Ad. 292 ; Hor. Epo. 17, 51 ; Plin. 28, 67.
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{{Georges
|georg=obstetrīx (obstitrīx, opstitrīx), trīcis, Genet. Plur. trīcum, f. ([[obsto]]), die Wehmutter, [[Hebamme]], Plaut. capt. 629; cist. 141 u.a. Ter. adelph. 292 u. 354. [[Varro]] vit. P.R. 2, 18. Hor. epod. 17, 51. Val. Max. 3, 4. ext. 1. Colum. 7, 3, 16. Plin. 28, 67. Apul. apol. 69. Amm. 16, 10, 19. Firm. math. 8, 23.
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