tata

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.