Onomatopoeic, a regional Mediterranean interjection cognate toAncient Greekπαπαῖ(papaî). Comparebabae.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /paˈpae̯/,[päˈpäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /paˈpe/,[päˈpɛː]

papae

1. whoa,ooh,wow,ouch!(expressing any sudden emotion)
   • 524CE, Boethius,Consolation of Philosophy 4.2p:

     Tum ego: "Papae" inquam "ut magna promittis!"

     "Whoa!", I said, "You promise such great things!"

• “papae” on page 1422 of theOxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “papae”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “papae”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papae inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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