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tăta, ae, m. [Gr. τέττα; Sanscr. tātas, = papa].

  1. I. A name by which young children, speaking imperfectly, call their father, as with us, dad, daddy, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 5; Inscr. Orell. 2813 sq.; 4943.
  2. II. A bringer up, rearer, analog. to mamma, Mart. 1, 101, 1.

* tatae, interj., an exclamation of surprise, so! the deuce! Sa. Fac tu hoc modo. St. At tu hoc modo. Sa. Babae! St. Tatae! Sa. Papae! St. Pax! Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 31; cf. tat.