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băbae or păpae , interj., = βαβαί or παπαί, an exclamation of wonder and joy,
I.odds bodkins! wonderful! strange!
I. Form babae: “huic babae! basilice te intulisti et facete,” Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 25; so id. Ps. 1, 3, 131; id. Cas. 5, 2, 26; id. Ep. 1, 1, 52; v. under II.; Petr. 37, 9.—
II. Form papae: Ep. Cadum tibi veteris vini propino. St. Papae! Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 24; 5, 7, 3; id. Rud. 5, 2, 33; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 29; id. Men. 5, 5, 20; Ter Eun. 2, 1, 23; 2, 2, 48; 3, 1, 26.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Persa, 5.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.3
    • Plautus, Rudens, 5.2
    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 2.2
    • Plautus, Casina, 5.2
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.5
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