Postverta

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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.

Latin > German (Georges)

Postverta (Postvorta), ae, f. (post u. verto), eine Göttin, das personifizierte »Vorauswissen der Zukunft«, nach anderen eine Geburtsgöttin, und zwar »die Göttin der verkehrten Geburt (Steißgeburt), Schwester (Ggstz.) der Antevorta (w. vgl.), Macr. sat. 1, 7, 26. Varro b. Gell. 16, 6. § 4. Ov. fast. 1, 633.