obstetrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin obstetrīx. === Pronunciation === === Noun === obstetrix (formal) A midwife. === References === “obstetrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Alternative forms === obstitrix === Etymology === From obstō (“to stand before”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix), or with the same elements. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.stɛ.triːks], [ɔpˈstɛt.riːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.ste.triks], [obˈstɛt.riks] The vowel in the second syllable is short -ĕ-, reduced from the short -ă- seen in stătus, stător, etc. Metrically, the second syllable can be light or heavy because of the following -tr- cluster. === Noun === obstetrīx f (genitive obstetrīcis); third declension midwife ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: obstetrix (learned) === References === === Further reading === “obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obstetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers