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(Gr. 7ritXcv, again, and Spouos, a course), a verse or sentence which runs the same when read either backwards or forwards. Such is the verse Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor; or Signa te, signa, temere me tangis et angis; or viikov av07.ia7µara µr7 µbvav 60v. Some have refined upon the palindrome, and composed verses each word of which is the same read backwards as forwards: for instance, that of Camden Odo tenet mulum, madidam mappam tenet Anna, Anna tenet mappam madidam, mulum tenet Odo.

The following is still more complicated, as reading in four ways - upwards and downwards as well as backwards and forwards S A T O R A RE PO TENET PERA ROTAS