coram

See also: Coram and córam

Latin

Etymology 1

From co- + ōs, ōris (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

cōram (not comparable)

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

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

Noun

coram

1. accusative singular of cora

References

• “coram”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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)
    

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