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Definition of Boustrophedon
1. Noun. An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally 'as the ox ploughs'.
Definition of Boustrophedon
1. n. 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.
Definition of Boustrophedon
1. Adverb. of writing, in a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right every line. ¹
2. Adjective. written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines ¹
3. Adjective. (figuratively) changing direction, going back and forth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boustrophedon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boustrophedon
Literary usage of Boustrophedon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of the English, Germanic, and Scandinavian Languages, and Nations by Joseph Bosworth (1848)
"The following is a specimen of the most ancient boustrophedon writing: The ...
Inscription, in boustrophedon, beginning on the Right* The first line is read ..."
2. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1867)
"An inscription, therefore, written in boustrophedon, should be carefully examined
to see if tho form of the letters and tho spelling of the words concur in ..."
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