tăta, ae, m. [Gr. te/tta; 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.
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.