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Latin
Etymology 1
From co- + ōs, ōris (“mouth”).
The ablative is from the PIE comitative-instrumental.
Pronunciation
Adverb
cōram (not comparable)
- in person, face to face, personally
- publicly, openly, by word of mouth
Antonyms
Preposition
cōram (+ ablative)
- 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
Noun
coram
- 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, 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
Portuguese
Verb
coram
- third-person plural present indicative of corar