Postverta
From LSJ
πολλὰ γάρ σε θεσπἰζονθ' ὁρῶ κοὐ ψευδόφημα (Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus 1516f.) → For I see in you much prophecy, and nothing false
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.
