E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Golden.
The Golden (“Aura’tus”). So Jeau Dorat, one of the Pleiad poets of France, was called by a pun on his name. This pun may perhaps pass muster; not so the preposterous title given to him of “The French Pindar.” (1507–1588.)
1
Golden-tongued (Greek, Chrysol’ogos). So St. Peter, Bishop of Ravenna, was called. (433–450.)
2
The golden section of a line. Its division 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.)
