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, Virgil, Aeneid 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