A.papa, child's word for father; mostly in voc., “πάππα^ φίλε” Od.6.57; “χαῖρε π. φίλτατε” Philem.42: in acc., πάππαν “καλεῖν” Ar.Pax120, Ec.645:—nom. πάπας , Corn.ND25, PGiss.80.3 (ii A. D.); acc. “πάπαν” BMus.Inscr.918 (Halic.); dat. “πάπᾳ” Epicur. Herc.176p.49V. (Syracusan, acc. to Eust.565.17, but πᾶς (which should prob. be πᾶ , for Eust. adds ὥσπερ καὶ μᾶ μήτηρ) is Syrac. acc. to EM651.7).
πάππας , ου, ὁ,