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cōram , adv. and prep. prob. kindred with ōs, ōris.
I. Object., in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before (freq. and class.).
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.—
2. 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 = ἐπ̓ αὐτοφώρῳ, in the very act, App. M. 3, p. 131, 2.—
B. Prep with abl.
(β). 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.—
II. 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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (31):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.20.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.32
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.11
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 3.1.1
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 6.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 47.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.560
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 4.7
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.595
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.538
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.173
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 27
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 16
    • Suetonius, Otho, 1
    • Horace, Satires, 1.4.95
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.56
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 185
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.14
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.75
    • Plautus, Mercator, 2.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 39
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 56
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 23
    • Suetonius, Nero, 33
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 43
    • Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas, 6.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 17.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 18.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.47
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