obstē̆trīco (opst-), āre, v. n. and a. [obstetrix],
I to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres), to assist in childbirth , Vulg. Exod. 1, 16: obstetricandi scientia, id. ib. 1, 19.—
B Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.