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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=coram ADV :: in person, face-to-face; in one's presence, before one's eyes; publicly/openly<br />coram coram PREP ABL :: in the presence of, before; (may precede or follow object); personally (L+S)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cōram</b>: adv. and prep. prob. [[kindred]] [[with]] ōs, ōris.<br /><b>I</b> Object., in the [[presence]] of, [[before]] the eyes of, in the [[face]] of, [[before]] (freq. and class.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Adv.: [[vereor]] [[coram]] in os te laudare [[amplius]], Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5: omnia quae [[tute]] [[dudum]] [[coram]] me incusaveras, id. Phorm. 5, 8, 21: [[coram]] [[potius]] me praesente dixissent, Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1: [[Manlius]] [[quoque]] ad restituendam aciem se [[ipse]] [[coram]] offert, i. e. [[before]] the soldiers, Liv. 2, 47, 4: ut veni [[coram]], [[singultim]] pauca [[locutus]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 56 et saep.: lenissimum [[genus]] admonitionis fuit [[traditio]] [[coram]] pugillarium, in [[their]] [[presence]], in [[their]] [[own]] hands, Suet. Aug. 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[coram]] noxae [[prehensus]], in the [[very]] [[act]], App. M. 9, p. 226 fin.—So in [[coram]] [[with]] gen. in App. = [[coram]]: omnium, App. M. 7, p. 197, 21 Oud.; so id. ib. 9, p. 221, 17; 9, p. 223, 32; 10, p. 241, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., [[with]] verbs of [[command]], in one's [[presence]], i. e. on the [[spot]], [[forthwith]] ([[post]]-Aug.; [[mostly]] in Suet.): clipeos et imagines ejus [[coram]] detrahi jubet, Suet. Dom. 23: Pinarium ... [[coram]] confodi imperavit, id. Aug. 27: essedum ... redimi concidique [[coram]] imperavit, id. Claud. 16 (al. [[explain]] [[coram]] in all these passages as = [[coram]] omnibus, i. e. [[publicly]], [[openly]]; cf. [[palam]]).—Hence, [[coram]] [[deprehensus]] = ἐπ αὐτοφώρῳ>, in the [[very]] [[act]], App. M. 3, p. 131, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Prep [[with]] abl.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before the [[noun]]: [[coram]] [[genero]] meo quae dicere [[ausus]] es? Cic. Pis. 6, 12: [[coram]] frequentissimo legationum conventu, Nep. Epam. 6, 4; Quint. 6, 3, 47; Tac. A. 4, 75: [[coram]] judicibus, Suet. Aug. 56: [[coram]] ipso, id. Tib. 43; so id. ib. 62: [[coram]] [[populo]], Hor. A. P. 185: [[coram]] latrone, Juv. 10, 22 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the [[noun]] (freq. in Tac.): ipso Germanico [[coram]], Tac. A. 3, 14; so id. ib. 3, 24; 4, 8; 13, 32; Suet. Ner. 33; id. Oth. 1: te [[coram]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 95.—<br /><b>II</b> Subject. adv., [[present]] in one's [[own]] [[person]] or [[presence]], [[personally]] ([[very]] freq. and class.): [[quia]] ted ipsus [[coram]] [[praesens]] praesentem videt, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 43: istos rastros ... faoito [[coram]] ut tradas in manum, id. Merc. 2, 2, 7: [[sine]] me expurgem [[atque]] illum huc [[coram]] adducam, Ter. And. 5, 3, 29: [[velut]] si [[coram]] adesset, Caes. B. G. 1, 32; so, adesse, Verg. A. 1, 595: [[eadem]] [[fere]], quae ex nuntiis litteris cognoverat, [[coram]] perspicit, Caes. B. G. 5, 11; so, opp. letters, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1; 7, 3, 12; 12, 1, 2 al.; cf. [[with]] abl.: [[coram]] me [[tecum]] [[eadem]] haec agere [[saepe]] conantem deterruit [[pudor]], quae [[nunc]] expromam [[absens]] audacius, by [[word]] of [[mouth]], id. Fam. 5, 12. 1: [[coram]] cernere [[letum]] nati, Verg. A. 2, 538: [[quod]] [[coram]] [[etiam]] ex ipso audiebamus, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 13: fidem nec [[dare]] nec accipere [[nisi]] cum ipso [[coram]] duce, Liv. 28, 17, 8; 28, 18, 7; 36, 11, 1; 43, 5, 6: rexque paterque Audisti [[coram]], nec verbo parcius [[absens]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 38; Verg. A. 3, 173; Ov. M. 9, 560 et saep.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cōrăm</b>,⁹ adv. et prép.,<br /><b>1</b> adv., en [[face]], devant, en présence : [[coram]] videre Cic. Br. 208, voir sur place (personnellement) ; [[coram]] cum [[aliquo]] loqui Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 3, parler à qqn de [[vive]] voix ; [[coram]] [[adesse]] Cic. Phil. 13, 33, être présent personnellement ; [[coram]] [[ipse]] audiat Liv. 29, 18, 20, qu’il écoute lui-même ce qui [[sera]] dit en sa présence ; ut [[veni]] [[coram]] Hor. S. 1, 6, 56, quand je fus devant toi &#124;&#124; publiquement, ouvertement : [[traditio]] [[coram]] pugillarium Suet. Aug. 37, remise publique de tablettes<br /><b>2</b> prép. avec abl., [[coram]] [[aliquo]], en présence de, devant qqn : Cic. Br. 88 ; Pis. 12, etc. &#124;&#124; senatu [[coram]] Tac. Ann. 3, 18, devant le sénat (3, 14 ; 3, 24, etc.) &#124;&#124; avec acc. ou gén. [décad.].||publiquement, ouvertement : [[traditio]] [[coram]] pugillarium Suet. Aug. 37, remise publique de tablettes<br /><b>2</b> prép. avec abl., [[coram]] [[aliquo]], en présence de, devant qqn : Cic. Br. 88 ; Pis. 12, etc.||senatu [[coram]] Tac. Ann. 3, 18, devant le sénat (3, 14 ; 3, 24, etc.)||avec acc. ou gén. [décad.].
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{{Georges
|georg=cōram, Adv. u. Praep. (aus con u. ōs, ōris, [[wie]] cōgo aus coigo), I) [[objektiv]] (d.i. in bezug [[auf]] die [[Person]], in deren [[Nähe]] [[etwas]] [[sich]] befindet [[oder]] vorgeht), im Angesichte, [[angesichts]], in [[Gegenwart]], [[vor]], A) Adv.: 1) im allg.: commodius fecissent, si [[quae]] [[apud]] [[vos]] de me deferunt, ea [[coram]] [[potius]] me praesente dixissent, Cic.: ad restituendam aciem se [[ipse]] [[coram]] offert, d.i. [[vor]] die Soldaten, Liv.: ut [[veni]] c., Hor.: illum [[huc]] [[coram]] adducam, Ter.: [[non]] imperabat [[coram]] [[quid]] [[opus]] [[facto]] esset, Ter. – 2) prägn., [[angesichts]] [[aller]], [[vor]] [[aller]] Augen, [[offen]], lenissimum [[genus]] admonitionum fuit [[traditio]] [[coram]] pugillarium, Suet.: c. confodi, Suet.: c. convinci, Tac. – B) Praep. m. Abl.: c. [[genero]] [[meo]], Cic.: c. deorum matre spectante et audiente, Augustin.: Germanico c., Tac. – [[coram]] m. folg. Genet., [[coram]] noxae, [[auf]] frischer [[Tat]], Apul. [[met]]. 9, 21. – in [[coram]], s. in-cōram. – [[coram]] dem regierten Worte nachgesetzt, Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 4, 95. Tac. ann. 3, 14. Suet. Ner. 33, 2. Lact. 5, 9, 8. – II) [[subjektiv]] (d.i. in bezug [[auf]] den [[Gegenstand]], der [[bei]] [[etwas]] [[sich]] befindet od. statthat), [[gegenwärtig]], in eigener [[Person]], [[persönlich]], [[mit]] eigenen Augen, [[mündlich]], [[selbst]] (vgl. Drak. Liv. 28, 17, 8), c. loquerer, Cic.: cum c. sumus, [[persönlich]] [[beisammen]], Cic.: c. [[adesse]], in [[Person]] [[dasein]], Caes.: perspicere (Ggstz. ex nuntiis litterisque cognoscere), Caes.: agere (Ggstz. litteris agere), Cic.: disceptare (Ggstz. per alios condiciones ferre), Caes.: intueri alqd, Cic.: cernere alqd, Caes. u. Verg.: audire, Hor.: [[quod]] c. ex ipso audiebamus, Cic.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=coram. ''praep''. ''abl''. ''et'' ''coram''. ''adv''. :: [[黨面]]。[[面前]]
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