Nixi

Nīxī, ōrum, m. , dieux des accouchements [dont les statues en posture agenouillée se trouvaient au Capitole devant la chapelle de Minerve] : P. Fest. 174 ; Ov. M. 9, 294.

Nixi Dii

a general term, which seems to have been applied by the Romans to those divinities who were believed to assist women at the time when they were giving birth to a child. (Quos putabant praesidere parientium nixibus, Fest. p. 175, ed. Müller; Ov. Met. 9.294; Nonius, p. 57.) Before the cella of Minerva, on the Capitol, there were three statues, which were designated as Dii Nixi. [L.S]