The corpus record — Latin

Papa

Papa · f

the word with which infants call for food

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 22 · 17.37/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 27 · 3.83/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Res Gestae 7 · 0.55/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k

What it meant

1. pāpa — Lewis & Short

pāpa (pappa), ae, f.onomatopoeia,

I the word with which infants call for food: cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 4.

2. pāpa — Lewis & Short

pāpa, ae, m.id.,

I a father, papa; hence, in eccl. writers, a bishop: optime papa, Prud. stef. 11, 127; Tert. Pudic. 13.

3. Papa — Lewis & Short

Papa,

I a Roman surname, Inscr. Don. Cl. 7, n. 32.

In the wild

6 of 63 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. papa (scan p. 504; entry #8197).

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