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.