English → Latin
“dabble” in Latin
aspergōto scatter or strew something or someone; to scatter or strew a person or thing with something; splash over; to spot, stcōnspergōto sprinkle, strew or spatter
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dabble
To play in water, in aqua ludere; like a duck, *coenum rostro fodere.
To besprinkle, aspergere; conspergere. [Vid: BEDABBLE.]
To do anything superficially, etc., inscienter facere aliquid: to dabble in an art, etc., *inscite opificium aliquid or artem aliquam exercere: to dabble in anything; Vid: “to be a DABBLER in anything.”
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dabble?
- The usual Latin words for “dabble” are aspergō, cōnspergō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.