lectio difficilior (English, noun)
expansion: lectio difficilior (plural lectiones difficiliores)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
textual-criticism
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: lectiones difficiliores
tags: plural