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papa

pāpa (pappa), ae, f. [onomatopoeia], the word with which infants call for food: cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 4.
pāpa, ae, m. [onomatopoeia],
  • a father, papa; hence, in eccl. writers, a bishop: optime papa, Prud. στεφ. 11, 127; Tert. Pudic. 13.

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