Ŏpĭgĕna, ae, f. [Ops-gigno],
the midwife , an epithet of Juno, as the tutelar goddess of lying-in women, Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; cf.: Opigenam Junonem matronae colebant, quod ferre eam opem in partu laborantibus credebant, Fest. p. 200 Müll.