lectio difficilior

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lectiō difficilior (“more difficult reading”).

Noun

lectio difficilior (plural lectiones difficiliores)

  1. (textual criticism) The more difficult reading, held to be the more likely when faced with two manuscripts that disagree on a particular reading, according to the principle of lectio difficilior potior.
    Coordinate term: lectio facilior
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