1) Orthography 2) Writing system
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Boustrophedon (ən or ən; from Greek βουστροφηδόν, boustrophēdon `ox-turning” from βοῦς, bous, `ox” and στροφή, strophē, `turn”; that is, turning like oxen in ploughing) is a kind of bi-directional text, mostly seen in ancient manuscripts and other inscriptions. Every other line of writing is flipped or revers...
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writing alternating left-right then right-left
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• (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.
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the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right and the next from right to left. Some Etruscan texts are written ... [3 related articles]
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(Greek, 'as the ox turns while plowing') A method of writing in which the text is read alternately f
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Bou`stro·phe'don noun [ Greek ... turning like oxen in plowing; ... to turn.] 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.
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Boustrophedon is the name given to a method of writing or printing, alternatively from right to left and from left to right. Boustrophedon is found on Greek inscriptions of the remotest antiquity. It is called boustrophedon (turning like oxen), because in this way oxen used to plough a field.
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n] - an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions
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boustrophedon (etymology) An ancient form of writing with lines alternately written left-to-right and right-to-left, from Greek, 'turning as an ox in plowing' or 'as the ox plows (ploughs)', from bous, 'ox' + strephein, 'to turn'.
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noun an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs`
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an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
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