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Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, along; during”) + regō (“govern, rule; guide”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pergō (present infinitive pergere, perfect active perrēxī, supine perrēctum); third conjugation
- (intransitive) go on, proceed, hasten, press on
- Synonyms: eō, adeō, ambulō, obeō, proficīscor, occurrō, īnferō, baetō
- (transitive) continue, go or press on, proceed with or to do something, advance, move forwards, hasten
- (transitive) wake up, awaken, arouse
Conjugation
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, 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)
- vocative singular of perga