[1273] obstetrīx (obstitrīx, opstitrīx), trīcis, Genet. Plur. trīcum, f. (obsto), die Wehmutter, Hebamme, Plaut. capt. 629; cist. 141 u.a. Ter. adelph. 292 u. 354. Varro vit. P.R. 2, 18. Hor. epod. 17, 51. Val. Max. 3, 4. ext. 1. Colum. 7, 3, 16. Plin. 28, 67. Apul. apol. 69. Amm. 16, 10, 19. Firm. math. 8, 23.