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|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.