pŭerpĕrus, a, um, adj. [puer-pario],
I parturient , bringing forth children : uxor, Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2: verba, formulas that promote delivery , Ov. M. 10, 511.—
II Subst.: pŭerpĕra , ae, f., a woman in labor or in childbed , a lying-in woman , Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40; Cat. 34, 13; Hor. Epod. 17, 52; Ter. Ad. 921; Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 37.