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pergo
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(verb) : pergo, perrexi, perrectum, 3, and n. per-rego.
* Act.
* In gen., to go on, continue, proceed with any thing (esp. a motion), to pursue with energy, prosecute vigorously (v. Mütz. ad Curt. 3, 8, 7; rare, and in Cic. only with an obj.-clause).
* Neutr., to proceed, i. e. to go or come (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: progredior, proficiscor).
* In partic.
* Impers. pass.: non potest ad similitudinem pergi rei, quae necdum est,one cannot attain,Macr. Sat. 7, 16, 13.
* To wake up, awaken, arouse a person: pergere dicebant expergefacere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.
* To proceed with, undertake a thing (post-Aug.): prospere cessura quae pergerent, si, etc., their enterprise would succeed if, etc., Tac. A. 1, 28 dub. (al. ad quae pergerent, al. quo pergerent, v. Orell. ad h. l.).
* Lit.: horsum pergunt,they are coming this way,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36: quis hic est, qui huc pergit?id. Eun. 2, 1, 22: eādem viā pergere,Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123: in Macedoniam ad Planciumque,id. Planc. 41, 98: advorsum hostes, in solitudines,Sall. J. 74, 1: ad regem,id. ib. 71, 4: ad castra,Caes. B. G. 3, 18: obviam alicui,to go to meet,Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64: ad litora,Sil. 7, 171: obsonatum pergam,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154.— Impers. pass.: ad plebem pergitur, Caecil. ap. Non. 513, 8.
* Trop., to pass on, proceed to any thing (esp. an action), to go after any thing: pergamus ad reliqua,Cic. Brut. 43, 158; id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13.
* In partic., in speaking.
* To go on, proceed: pergam atque insequar longius,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51: perge de Caesare,go on and relate,id. Brut. 74, 258; id. Rosc. Am. 10, 32: si pergis,Liv. 2, 40.
* Of one who has not yet spoken, to begin and go on, to proceed (poet.): pergite, Pierides,Verg. E. 6, 13.
* Act.
* In gen., to go on, continue, proceed with any thing (esp. a motion), to pursue with energy, prosecute vigorously (v. Mütz. ad Curt. 3, 8, 7; rare, and in Cic. only with an obj.-clause).
* Neutr., to proceed, i. e. to go or come (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: progredior, proficiscor).
* In partic.
* Impers. pass.: non potest ad similitudinem pergi rei, quae necdum est,one cannot attain,Macr. Sat. 7, 16, 13.
* To wake up, awaken, arouse a person: pergere dicebant expergefacere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.
* To proceed with, undertake a thing (post-Aug.): prospere cessura quae pergerent, si, etc., their enterprise would succeed if, etc., Tac. A. 1, 28 dub. (al. ad quae pergerent, al. quo pergerent, v. Orell. ad h. l.).
* Lit.: horsum pergunt,they are coming this way,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 36: quis hic est, qui huc pergit?id. Eun. 2, 1, 22: eādem viā pergere,Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123: in Macedoniam ad Planciumque,id. Planc. 41, 98: advorsum hostes, in solitudines,Sall. J. 74, 1: ad regem,id. ib. 71, 4: ad castra,Caes. B. G. 3, 18: obviam alicui,to go to meet,Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64: ad litora,Sil. 7, 171: obsonatum pergam,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 154.— Impers. pass.: ad plebem pergitur, Caecil. ap. Non. 513, 8.
* Trop., to pass on, proceed to any thing (esp. an action), to go after any thing: pergamus ad reliqua,Cic. Brut. 43, 158; id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13.
* In partic., in speaking.
* To go on, proceed: pergam atque insequar longius,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 20, § 51: perge de Caesare,go on and relate,id. Brut. 74, 258; id. Rosc. Am. 10, 32: si pergis,Liv. 2, 40.
* Of one who has not yet spoken, to begin and go on, to proceed (poet.): pergite, Pierides,Verg. E. 6, 13.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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