boustrophedonic

• Adjetivo que describe un tipo de escritura que alterna la dirección de las líneas, de izquierda a derecha y luego de derecha a izquierda, como el surco que traza un buey al arar.

An obsolete adjective describing writing that alternates direction from left to right and right to left, like the path of an ox plowing a field.

1. Alternating direction writingC2formal

   Relating to a style of writing where lines alternate direction, one line from left to right and the next from right to left, similar to the way an ox plows a field.

   Bustrofédico

   • Ancient Greek inscriptions were sometimes written in a boustrophedonic style.
   • The manuscript displayed a boustrophedonic pattern, making it challenging to read.
   • Scholars study boustrophedonic texts to understand early writing systems.