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Latin
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, of regional Mediterranean origin and cognate to Ancient Greek ἀτταταί, ἀτταταταί (attataí, attatataí).
Pronunciation
Interjection
attat
- An expression of sudden enlightenment, surprise or painful realisation aha, hey, oh no!
- Said in sudden warning.
234 BCE – 149 BCE,
Cato the Elder,
Fragments of speeches 171:
- Attat, nōlī, nōlī scrībere, inquam, istud: nōlunt audīre.
- "No, wait!" I say, "don't write this - they don't want to hear it."
References
- “attat” on page 219 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “attat”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “attat”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- attat in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.