coram

See also: Coram and córam

Latin

Etymology 1

From con- + ōs.

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
2. publicly, openly

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

(deprecated template usage) coram

1. accusative singular of cora

References

• “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)
    

See also

• palam

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Portuguese

Verb

coram

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