obstetrix

English

Etymology

Latin obstetrix

Noun

obstetrix

(formal) A midwife.

Latin

Alternative forms

obstītrix

Etymology

From obstō (“to stand before”) +‎ -trix, or with the same elements.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈsteː.triːks/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪eːt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈste.triks/, [obˈst̪ɛːt̪riks]

Noun

obstētrīx f (genitive obstētrīcis); third declension

midwife

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obstētrīx	obstētrīcēs
Genitive	obstētrīcis	obstētrīcum
Dative	obstētrīcī	obstētrīcibus
Accusative	obstētrīcem	obstētrīcēs
Ablative	obstētrīce	obstētrīcibus
Vocative	obstētrīx	obstētrīcēs

Derived terms

obstētrīcius
obstētricus (modern, medical)
obstētricālis (modern, medical)

Descendants

→ English: obstetrix (learned)

References

“obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
obstetrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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