Postverta

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Menander, Monostichoi, 315

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Post-verta: or Post-vorta, ae, f. verto,
I a goddess presiding over childbirth, who was invoked when the child made a wrong presentation: Carmentes, quarum altera Postverta cognominata'st, Prosa altera, a directi perversique partus et potestate et nomine, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4; Ov. F. 1, 633.—Acc. to Macrobius, a goddess presiding over the future (opp. Antevorta), Macr. S. 1, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Postverta¹⁶ (-vorta), æ, f., probablement autre nom de Carmenta, déesse de la naissance (cf. Anteverta, Parrima, Prorsa ), en tant que présidant aux accouchements laborieux : Macr. Sat. 1, 7, 26.