lectio difficilior
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin lectiō difficilior (“more difficult reading”).
Noun
editlectio difficilior (plural lectiones difficiliores)
- (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