Postverta
Post-verta or Post-vorta, ae, f. [verto],
- a goddess presiding over childbirth, who was invoked when the child made a wrong presentation: Carmentes, quarum altera Postverta cognominata'st, Prosa altera, a directi perversique partus et potestate et nomine, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4; Ov. F. 1, 633.—Acc. to Macrobius, a goddess presiding over the future (opp. Antevorta), Macr. S. 1, 7.
Postverta (Postvorta), ae, f. (post u. verto), eine Göttin, das personifizierte »Vorauswissen der Zukunft«, nach anderen eine Geburtsgöttin, und zwar »die Göttin der verkehrten Geburt (Steißgeburt)", Schwester (Ggstz.) der Antevorta (w. vgl.), Macr. sat. 1, 7, 26. Varro b. Gell. 16, 6. § 4. Ov. fast. 1, 633.
Postverta (16) (-vorta), æ, f. , probablement autre nom de Carmenta, déesse de la naissance (cf. Anteverta, Parrima, Prorsa ), en tant que présidant aux accouchements laborieux : Macr. Sat. 1, 7, 26.
Postverta
or Postvorta, is properly a surname of Carmenta, describing her as turning backward and looking at the past, which she revealed to poets and other mortals. In like manner the prophetic power with which she looked into the future, is indicated by the surnames Antevorta, Prorsa (i. e. Proversa), and Porrima. Poets, however, have personified these attributes of Carmenta, and thus describe them as the companions of the goddess. (Ov. Fast. 1.633; Macr. 1.7 ; Gellius, 16.16; Serv. ad Aen. 8.339.) [L.S]
Postverta
or Postvorta. A goddess presiding over childbirth who was invoked when the infant was born feet first (Varro, ap. Gell.xvi.16.4). See Antevorta; Carmenta.