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coram
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Lewis Short
(adv.prep.) : cōram, adv. and prep. prob. kindred with ōs, ōris.
* Object., in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before (freq. and class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Prep with abl.
* 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.
* 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.
* Object., in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before (freq. and class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Prep with abl.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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