LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

boustrophēdon

boustrophēdon (not comparable)
Classical[buːs.trɔˈpʰeː.dɔn]Ecclesiastical[bus.troˈfɛː.don]

Meaning

  1. not comparableboustrophedonically (as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines)

boustrŏphēdŏn, adv., = βουστροφηδόν,
I. from right to left and back again alternately, forwards and backwards, an ancient way of writing, Mar. Vict. 1, 14, 6 Gaisf. (al. boustrophen, id. p. 2499 P.).

Origins

PIE word *gʷṓws Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field.

Quick answers

What does boustrophēdon mean in Latin?
boustrophēdon, a adverb, means “boustrophedonically (as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines)”.
How do you pronounce boustrophēdon?
In classical Latin, [buːs.trɔˈpʰeː.dɔn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bus.troˈfɛː.don].