Postverta

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Post-verta or Post-vorta, ae, f. [verto],

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.