babae
babae, Whoa! Wow!
băbae or păpae, interj., = βαβαί or παπαί, an exclamation of wonder and joy, odds bodkins! wonderful! strange!
- I Form babae: huic babae! basilice te intulisti et facete, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 25 (801); so id. Ps. 1, 3, 131 (360); id. Cas. 5, 2, 26 (900); id. Ep. 1, 1, 52 (52); v. under II.; Petr. 37, 9.—
- II Form papae: Ep. Cadum tibi veteris vini propino. St. Papae! Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 24 (425); 5, 7, 3 (771); id. Rud. 5, 2, 33 (1320); id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29 (207); id. Men. 5, 5, 20 (918); Ter. Eun. 229; 279; 416.
babae od. papae (βαβαί od. παπαι), Ausdr. der Verwunderung, potztausend! ei der Kuckuck! o je! Komik. u. Petr. 37, 9. Vgl. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 353.
băbæ (14) (βαβαί), interj. dʼadmiration et dʼapprobation, oh ! ah ! fort bien ! à merveille ! : Pl. Cas. 906 ; Ps. 365 ; Pers. 806 ; Petr. 37, 9.