pergo

See also: pergő

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɡoː/, [ˈpɛrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ɡo/, [ˈpɛrɡo]

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) go on, proceed, hasten, press on

   Synonyms: eō, 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

Conjugation of pergō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pergō	pergis	pergit	pergimus	pergitis	pergunt
	imperfect	pergēbam	pergēbās	pergēbat	pergēbāmus	pergēbātis	pergēbant
	future	pergam	pergēs	perget	pergēmus	pergētis	pergent
	perfect	perrēxī	perrēxistī	perrēxit	perrēximus	perrēxistis	perrēxērunt, perrēxēre
	pluperfect	perrēxeram	perrēxerās	perrēxerat	perrēxerāmus	perrēxerātis	perrēxerant
	future perfect	perrēxerō	perrēxeris	perrēxerit	perrēxerimus	perrēxeritis	perrēxerint
passive	present	pergor	pergeris, pergere	pergitur	pergimur	pergiminī	perguntur
	imperfect	pergēbar	pergēbāris, pergēbāre	pergēbātur	pergēbāmur	pergēbāminī	pergēbantur
	future	pergar	pergēris, pergēre	pergētur	pergēmur	pergēminī	pergentur
	perfect	perrēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perrēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perrēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pergam	pergās	pergat	pergāmus	pergātis	pergant
	imperfect	pergerem	pergerēs	pergeret	pergerēmus	pergerētis	pergerent
	perfect	perrēxerim	perrēxerīs	perrēxerit	perrēxerīmus	perrēxerītis	perrēxerint
	pluperfect	perrēxissem	perrēxissēs	perrēxisset	perrēxissēmus	perrēxissētis	perrēxissent
passive	present	pergar	pergāris, pergāre	pergātur	pergāmur	pergāminī	pergantur
	imperfect	pergerer	pergerēris, pergerēre	pergerētur	pergerēmur	pergerēminī	pergerentur
	perfect	perrēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perrēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perge	—	—	pergite	—
	future	—	pergitō	pergitō	—	pergitōte	perguntō
passive	present	—	pergere	—	—	pergiminī	—
	future	—	pergitor	pergitor	—	—	perguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pergere	perrēxisse	perrēctūrum esse	pergī	perrēctum esse	perrēctum īrī
participles		pergēns	—	perrēctūrus	—	perrēctus	pergendus, pergundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pergendī	pergendō	pergendum	pergendō	perrēctum	perrēctū

Related terms

• corrigō
• dīrigō
• ērigō
• expergīscor
• expergō
• porrigō
• regō

 

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