English → Latin
“fumble” in Latin
laevusleft; on the left side; clumsy, awkward; foolishrūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarseimperītusunskilled; unfamiliar, ignorant of, unacquainted with, inexperiencedet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fumble
*laeve, rustice, imperite, etc. (according to the meaning) manibus contrectare (to handle awkwardly). To fumble in one’s pocket, *manum in imam fundam raptim perturbateque demittere (or in imam crumenam, in imum sinum [Vid: POCKET]). If the patient fumbles with his blanket, si aeger in lodice floccos legit (picks at it; after Cels.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fumble?
- The usual Latin words for “fumble” are laevus, rūsticus, imperītus; also et cētera. 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.