boustrophedon

English - Turkish

Definition of boustrophedon in English Turkish dictionary

bir satırın sağdan sola ve diğerinin soldan sağa yazıldığı eski bir yazı şekli

English - English

Definition of boustrophedon in English English dictionary

written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines

changing direction, going back and forth

of writing, in a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right every line

A form of writing which alternates left to right / right to left, also used to describe some forms of typesetting

an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'

{s} written alternatively from right to left and then back from left to right (as in plowing)

{i} ancient method of writing, found in some old manuscripts, running alternatively from right to left and then back from left to right (as in plowing)

An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite

Hyphenation

bou·stro·phe·don

Etymology

[ "bü-str&-'fE-"dä ] (noun.) 1699. From Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdon) from βοῦς (bous, “ox”) + στροφή (strophē, “turning”) + -δον (-don, “adverbial suffix”).