"bustrofedico" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /bus.troˈfɛ.di.ko/ Forms: bustrofedica [feminine], bustrofedici [masculine, plural], bustrofediche [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdiko Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, 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. Etymology templates: {{lbor|it|grc|βουστροφηδόν|lit=turning like an ox|pos=adverb}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} bustrofedico (feminine bustrofedica, masculine plural bustrofedici, feminine plural bustrofediche)
  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)

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