hetta
From LSJ
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hetta: res minimi pretii, quasi hieta, id est hiatus hominis atque oscitatio. Alii pusulam dixerunt esse, quae in coquendo pane solet assurgere, a qua accipi rem nullius pretii, cum dicimus: Non hettae te facio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.
I N. cr. perhaps kindred with the Gr. ἥττων, ἥσσων, less, meaner; cf. the foll. art.].
