coram

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See also: Coram and córam

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From co- + ōs, ōris (mouth).

The ablative is from the PIE comitative-instrumental.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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cōram (not comparable)

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

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coram

  1. accusative singular of cora

References

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  • 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

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Portuguese

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Verb

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coram

  1. third-person plural present indicative of corar