bustrophedon

See also: Bustrophedon

English

Noun

bustrophedon (countable and uncountable, plural bustrophedons)

1. Alternative form of boustrophedon.

Derived terms

• bustrophedic
• bustrophedically
• bustrophedonic
• bustrophedonically

Adjective

bustrophedon (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of boustrophedon.

Adverb

bustrophedon (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of boustrophedon.

German

Alternative forms

• boustrophedon

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

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

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Adjective

bustrophedon (strong nominative masculine singular bustrophedoner, not comparable)

1. (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

Positive forms of bustrophedon (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist bustrophedon	sie ist bustrophedon	es ist bustrophedon	sie sind bustrophedon
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bustrophedoner	bustrophedone	bustrophedones	bustrophedone
	genitive	bustrophedonen	bustrophedoner	bustrophedonen	bustrophedoner
	dative	bustrophedonem	bustrophedoner	bustrophedonem	bustrophedonen
	accusative	bustrophedonen	bustrophedone	bustrophedones	bustrophedone
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bustrophedone	die bustrophedone	das bustrophedone	die bustrophedonen
	genitive	des bustrophedonen	der bustrophedonen	des bustrophedonen	der bustrophedonen
	dative	dem bustrophedonen	der bustrophedonen	dem bustrophedonen	den bustrophedonen
	accusative	den bustrophedonen	die bustrophedone	das bustrophedone	die bustrophedonen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bustrophedoner	eine bustrophedone	ein bustrophedones	(keine) bustrophedonen
	genitive	eines bustrophedonen	einer bustrophedonen	eines bustrophedonen	(keiner) bustrophedonen
	dative	einem bustrophedonen	einer bustrophedonen	einem bustrophedonen	(keinen) bustrophedonen
	accusative	einen bustrophedonen	eine bustrophedone	ein bustrophedones	(keine) bustrophedonen

Latin

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

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)

1. (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