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Latin
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, a regional Mediterranean interjection cognate to Ancient Greek παπαῖ (papaî). Compare babae.
Pronunciation
Interjection
papae
- whoa, ooh, wow, ouch! (expressing any sudden emotion)
524 CE, Boethius,
Consolation of Philosophy 4.2p:
- Tum ego: "Papae" inquam "ut magna promittis!"
- "Whoa!", I said, "You promise such great things!"
Further reading
- “papae” on page 1422 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “papae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “papae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.