βουστροφηδόν
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[edit] Ancient Greek
[edit] Etymology
From βοῦς (bous), “‘ox’”) + στροφή (strophē), “‘turn’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Classical): IPA: [boːstropʰɛːdón]
- (Koine): IPA: [buːstro̞pʰeːdˈo̞n]
- (Byzantine): IPA: [βustroɸiðˈon]
[edit] Adverb
βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdon)
- boustrophedon: a manner of writing which alternated between left to right and right to left directions (similar to the back and forth pattern of someone plowing a field with an ox); an intermediate between the inherited right to left direction used by Semitic languages and the left to right direction ultimately used in later Greek.
[edit] Descendants
- English: boustrophedon
