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lectio difficilior(dictionary)
varia lectio(dictionary)

difficilior lectio (iou)



difficilior lectio noun phr. . E20.
[Latin, from the maxim difficilior lectio potior the harder reading is to be preferred. See also LECTIO DIFFICILIOR.]
Textual Criticism. The more difficult or unexpected of two variant readings and therefore the one that is less likely to be a copyist's error; (the principle of) giving preference to such a reading.