pergo Latin · revision 18088

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛr.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛr.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pergō''' (present infinitive pergere, perfect active perrēxī, supine perrēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|per-|regō|t1=through|t2=to direct]], through ⟨*per-regō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|regō]] from [[itc-pro|*reg-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-e/o-|t=to stretch, direct]], cognate with [[grc|ὀρέγω|tr=orégō|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has ''illa ad nōs pergit'', “she is coming our way”, and ''pergite … Bacchae'', “go on, Bacchants”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Pergere'' is “to make one's way, proceed, go on” toward a destination (Caecilius: ''ad plēbem pergitur'', “they go to the people”), and of a line or path “to run on”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Most often it means to go on with a course of action, “to continue, proceed”, with an infinitive or an accusative, and in speech “to go on”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to proceed, continue”.^(Stelten 1995) Wiktionary also records the rare sense “to awaken”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''illa ad nōs pergit''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius: ''ad plēbem pergitur''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Aulus Gellius uses it of a nerve running to the heart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go on, [[m|en|proceed]], make one's way.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To run on (of a line or path).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|continue]], go on (with something).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To awaken.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dispergō]]

+ * [[expergō]]

+ * [[pergula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expergīscor]]

+ * [[porrigō]]

+ * [[regō]]

+ * [[surgō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}