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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pergere			pergī			pergēns			—
future		perrēctūrum esse			perrēctum īrī			perrēctūrus			pergendus, pergundus
perfect		perrēxisse			perrēctum esse			—			perrēctus
future perfect		—			perrēctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perrēctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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