πάπας

See also: παπάς and παπᾶς

Ancient Greek

πᾰ́πᾱς • (pắpās) m (genitive πᾰ́που); first declension

alternative form of πᾰ́ππᾱς (pắppās, “papa; daddy”)
- 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Herculaneum papyri 176p.49V

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ πᾰ́πᾱς ho pắpās
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰ́που toû pắpou
Dative	τῷ πᾰ́πᾳ tōî pắpāi
Accusative	τὸν πᾰ́πᾱν tòn pắpān
Vocative	πᾰ́πᾰ pắpă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Either^[1] Inherited from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “pope”), from Medieval Latin papa (a mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”) from Late Koine Greek πάπας (pápas, “Christian priest; bishop of Rome”), which derives from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”), an imitative/nursery word (See French papa).

The etymology of πάπας -and παπᾶς (papâs)- is discussed by Eustathius at Opuscula 38.line 58 & 39.50.

πάπας • (pápas) m (plural πάπες)

^ πάπας - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
^ πάπας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language