coram

See also: Coram and córam

Latin

Etymology 1

From a compound involving co- (“with”) and ōs, ōris (“mouth”). Perhaps from an intermediate Proto-Italic adjective *co-os-o-(s), with ending taken from clam. Compare palam.

The ablative is from the PIE comitative-instrumental.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.ram/, [ˈkoːrä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ram/, [ˈkɔːräm]

Adverb

cōram (not comparable)

1. in person, face to face, personally
2. publicly, openly, by word of mouth

Synonyms

• palam

Antonyms

• clam

Preposition

cōram (+ 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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ram/, [ˈkɔrä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ram/, [ˈkɔːräm]

Noun

coram

1. accusative singular of cora

Further reading

• “coram”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)
    

Portuguese

Verb

coram

1. third-person plural present indicative of corar