bustrofedico

== Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), 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): /bus.troˈfɛ.di.ko/ Rhymes: -ɛdiko Hyphenation: bu‧stro‧fè‧di‧co === Adjective === bustrofedico (feminine bustrofedica, masculine plural bustrofedici, feminine plural bustrofediche) (epigraphy) boustrophedonic (written as a boustrophedon, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines) === References ===