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.