tăta, ae, m. [Gr. τέττα; Sanscr. tātas, = papa].
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.—
II A bringer up , rearer , analog. to mamma, Mart. 1, 101, 1.