bustrophedon

== English == === Noun === bustrophedon (countable and uncountable, plural bustrophedons) Alternative form of boustrophedon. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === bustrophedon (not comparable) Alternative form of boustrophedon. === Adverb === bustrophedon (not comparable) Alternative form of boustrophedon. == German == === Alternative forms === boustrophedon === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, 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 === === Adjective === bustrophedon (strong nominative masculine singular bustrophedoner, not comparable) (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) Synonyms: bustrophedisch, bustrophedonisch, (uncommon) bustrophical, bustrophedonal, (rare) bustrophedal ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [buːs.trɔˈpʰeː.dɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bus.troˈfɛː.don] === Adverb === būstrophēdon (not comparable) (epigraphy) alternative form of boustrophēdon (“boustrophedonically; as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”). === Further reading === “bustrophēdon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. bustrophēdon in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung