obstetrix

English

Etymology

Latin obstetrix

Noun

obstetrix

1. (formal) A midwife.

Latin

Alternative forms

• obstītrix

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈsteː.triːks/, [ɔpˈs̠t̪eːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈste.triks/, [obˈst̪ɛːt̪riks]

Noun

obstētrīx f (genitive obstētrīcis); third declension

1. 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.