English Explanatory Dictionary

lectio difficilior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

lectio difficilior lectiones difficiliores

Etymology

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

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