бустрофедон

• боустрофедо́н (boustrofedón) — rare

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field.

• IPA^(key): [bʊstrəfʲɪˈdon]

бустрофедо́н • (bustrofedón) m inan (genitive бустрофедо́на, nominative plural бустрофедо́ны, genitive plural бустрофедо́нов, relational adjective бустрофедони́ческий)

1. (epigraphy) boustrophedon (text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point)