Lewis & Short

tăta, ae, m. [Gr. τέττα; Sanscr. tātas, = papa].

  1. I. A name by which young children, speaking imperfectly, call their father, as with us, dad, daddy, Varr. ap. Non. 81, 5; Inscr. Orell. 2813 sq.; 4943.
  2. II. A bringer up, rearer, analog. to mamma, Mart. 1, 101, 1.