proper noun
Ŏpĭgĕna
Meaning
- the midwife
Ŏpĭgĕna, ae, f. Ops-gigno,
I. the midwife, an epithet of Juno, as the tutelar goddess of lying-in women, Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; cf.:
Opigenam Junonem matronae colebant, quod ferre eam opem in partu laborantibus credebant, Fest. p. 200 Müll.