The Golden (“Auraʹtus”). So Jeau Dorat, one of the Pleiad poets of France, was calledby a pun on his name. This punmay perhaps pass muster; not so the preposterous title given to him of “The French Pindar.” (1507–1588.)
Golden-tongued (Greek, Chrysolʹogos). So St. Peter, Bishop of Ravenna, was called. (433–450.)
The golden section of a line. Itsdivision into two such parts that the rectangle contained by the smaller segment and the whole line equals the square on the larger segment. (Euclid, ii. 11.)
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