obstetrix
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Latin > English
obstetrix obstetricis N F :: midwife
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obstē̆trix: (opst-) or obstī̆trix (opst-), īcis, f. obsto,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obstĕtrīx,¹⁴ īcis, f. (ob, sto), accoucheuse, sage-femme : Pl. Capt. 629 ; Ter. Ad. 292 ; Hor. Epo. 17, 51 ; Plin. 28, 67.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
