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“dabbler” in Latin
offēnsōto strike or dash against; to falter, stumble over one's wordsardĕlĭoa zealous personDācusa Dacian, a Dacian man or person, a Dacian tribesmanalburnusa white fish, probably the bleak or blay (Alburnus alburnus)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dabbler
One who dips slightly in anything without fully understanding it, homo imperitus; non satis versatus in aliqua arte (after Cic.): offensator (a stumbler; a mere dabbler; Vid: Spald. ad Quint., 10, 3, 20): *imperitus artifex. A dabbler in litterature, qui leviter, qui primoribus, ut aiunt, labris gustavit litteras: parum versatus in litteris artibusque (after Cic.). To be a dabbler in anything, vix imbutum esse aliqua, re: imperitum or parum peritum esse alicujus rei; leviter attigisse aliquid: to be a dabbler in music, male or imperite tractare fides (but all these expressions fail in expressing that the person is fond of meddling with the subject, thovgh he does it unskilfully).
A superficial meddler, ardelio (Phaedrus): dACE, a sort of fish, alburnus (*Auson., Mos., 126): cyprinus leuciscus (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dabbler?
- The usual Latin words for “dabbler” are offēnsō, ardĕlĭo, Dācus; also alburnus. 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.