The corpus record — Latin

tat

tat · interj

what! strange!

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Where it lives

Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k

What it meant

tăt — Lewis & Short

tăt, interj., an exlamation of surprise,

I what! strange! Tat! ecquis est? Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 18; cf. tatae.

In the wild

tat Plautus, Truculentus 3.1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tat (scan p. 126; entry #1834).

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