boustrophedon

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Greek alphabet, written from right to left, or in boustrophedon.

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  1. noun An ancient method of writing in which the lines are inscribed alternately from right to left and from left to right.

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  1. From Greek boustrophēdon, turning like an ox while plowing : bous, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + strophē, a turning (from strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Greek βουστροφηδόν, turning backward and forward like oxen in plowing, from βοῡς, ox, + στρέφειν, turn.
 

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