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† băbae or păpae, interj., = βαβαί or παπαί, an exclamation of wonder and joy, odds bodkins! wonderful! strange!

  1. I. Form babae: huic babae! basilice te intulisti et facete, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 25; so id. Ps. 1, 3, 131; id. Cas. 5, 2, 26; id. Ep. 1, 1, 52; v. under II.; Petr. 37, 9.
  2. II. Form papae: Ep. Cadum tibi veteris vini propino. St. Papae! Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 24; 5, 7, 3; id. Rud. 5, 2, 33; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Men. 5, 5, 20; Ter Eun. 2, 1, 23; 2, 2, 48; 3, 1, 26.

1. pāpa (pappa), ae, f. [onomatopoeia], the word with which infants call for food: cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 4.

2. pāpa, ae, m. [onomatopoeia], a father, papa; hence, in eccl. writers, a bishop: optime papa, Prud. στεφ. 11, 127; Tert. Pudic. 13.

3. Papa, a Roman surname, Inscr. Don. Cl. 7, n. 32.

† păpae, interj., = παπαί, wonderful! how strange! indeed! papae! divitias tu quidem habuisti luculentas, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 33; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Men. 5, 5, 20: papae! jugularas hominem, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 23; 3, 1, 26; Pers. 5, 79.

pāpārĭum, ii, n. [1. papa], pap, Sen. Contr. 2, 9.

† papas (pappas), ae and ătis, m., = πάππας, a governor, tutor: timidus praegustet pocula papas, Juv. 6, 632; Inscr. Murat. 1297, 11.

păpāver, ĕris, n. (ante-class., m.) [etym. dub.; cf. root pa- of pasco, πέπαμαι], the poppy.

  1. I. Lit.: papaver Gallicanus, Cato ap. Charis. p. 64 P.: sesamum papaveremque, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 113; v. infra, prov.; Varr. ap. Non. 220, 11: luteum, Cat. 19, 12: spargens soporiferum papaver, Verg. A. 4, 486; id. G. 4, 131: Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno, id. ib. 1, 78: Cereale, id. ib. 1, 212: nigrum, Plin. 26, 8, 40, § 67; 20, 18, 76, § 198.
    In plur.: summa papaverum capita, the heads of the tallest poppies, Liv. 1, 54, 6; Petr. poët. 132, 11.
    Prov.: confit cito, Quam si formicis tu obicias papaverem, of any thing that quickly disappears, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 8.
    1. B. Transf., a kernel, seed: papaver fici, fig-seed, Tert. Praescr. 36.
  2. II. Trop.: dicta quasi papavere et sesamo sparsa, Petr. 1 fin.

păpāvĕrātus, a, um, adj. [papaver], made shining or white with poppies: toga, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195; cf. id. 19, 1, 4, § 21.

păpāvercŭlum, i, n. dim. [papaver], a plant, called also leontopodion, App. Herb. 7.

păpāvĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [papaver], of poppies: comae, poppy-flowers, Ov. F. 4, 438.