boustrophedon

== English == === Alternative forms === bustrophedon === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) +‎ -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ Rhymes: -iːdən === Noun === boustrophedon (countable and uncountable, plural boustrophedons) (epigraphy) Text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === boustrophedon (not comparable) (epigraphy, uncommon) Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”). ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === boustrophedon (not comparable) (epigraphy, rare) Synonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”). ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bʊstʁofeˈdɔn] Hyphenation: bou‧stro‧phe‧don === Adjective === boustrophedon (strong nominative masculine singular boustrophedoner, not comparable) alternative form of bustrophedon (“boustrophedonic; written as a boustrophedon”) ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === būstrophēdon === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) +‎ -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [buːs.trɔˈpʰeː.dɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bus.troˈfɛː.don] === Adverb === boustrophēdon (not comparable) (epigraphy) boustrophedonically (as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines) === Further reading === “boustrŏphēdŏn”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “boustrŏphēdŏn”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.