vocative

vocativus

The case of direct address: how you call someone by name. Prayer lives in the vocative — from “Pater noster” to “Sancta María”.

in the texts

Pater noster

Father — the whole prayer is speech to a Thou.

Ave María

Mary — the angel’s address.

et tibi, pater

vocative, not dative — an address to the person, not an item in the list.