pergo

pergo

See also: pergő

Latin

Etymology

    From per- (through, along; during) + regō (govern, rule; guide).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    pergō (present infinitive pergere, perfect active perrēxī, supine perrēctum); third conjugation

    1. (intransitive) go on, proceed, hasten, press on
      Synonyms: , adeō, ambulō, obeō, proficīscor, occurrō, īnferō, baetō
    2. (transitive) continue, go or press on, proceed with or to do something, advance, move forwards, hasten
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.114:
        Perge; sequar.”
        [Venus says to Juno:] “You proceed, [and] I shall follow.”
    3. (transitive) wake up, awaken, arouse

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Italian: pergere

    References

    • pergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • pergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • pergo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to go into exile: in exsilium ire, pergere, proficisci
      • to pass on: ad reliqua pergamus, progrediamur

    Serbo-Croatian

    Noun

    pergo (Cyrillic spelling перго)

    1. vocative singular of perga