coram

See also: córam

Latin

Etymology

From con- + ōs.

Adverb

cōram (not comparable)

1. in person, face to face
2. publicly, openly

Preposition

cōram ‎(takes ablative)

1. in the presence of, before
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.3

     Non habebis deos alienos coram me.

     Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

References

• coram in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coram in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coram in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to praise a man to his face: aliquem coram, in os or praesentem laudare
    
  • to speak personally to..: coram loqui (cum aliquo)
    

See also

• palam

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Portuguese

Verb

coram

1. third-person plural (eles and elas, also used with vocês and others) present indicative of corar