pergo, perrexi, perrectum, 3, v. a. and n. [per-rego].
I Act.
A 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 ).
α With acc.: pergam, quo coepi, hoc iter, Ter. Hec. 194: iter, Sall. J. 79, 5; Auct. B. Afr. 69; Tac. A. 4, 20; 3, 66.—
β With an obj.-clause : confestim ad eum ire perreximus, Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1: perge igitur ordine quattuor mihi istas partes explicare, proceed , id. Part. 8, 28: ad Victumvias oppugnandas ire pergit, Liv. 21, 57, 9: pergit ire sequentibus paucis in hospitium Metelli, id. 22, 53, 9: Hannibal postquam ipsi sententia stetit pergere ire, to go on with his march , id. 21, 30, 1: tenere viam quam instituisti, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 14, 42: animum exsolvere pergo, Lucr. 1, 932: pergitin' pergere? Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 4; id. Poen. 1, 3, 24.—
γ Impers. pass. : non potest ad similitudinem pergi rei, quae necdum est, one cannot attain , Macr. Sat. 7, 16, 13.—
B In partic.
1 To wake up , awaken , arouse a person: pergere dicebant expergefacere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.—
2 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.).—
II Neutr. , to proceed , i. e. to go or come (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: progredior, proficiscor).
A Lit.: horsum pergunt, they are coming this way , Ter. Hec. 450: quis hic est, qui huc pergit? id. Eun. 228: 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.—
B 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.—
2 In partic., in speaking.
a 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.—
b Of one who has not yet spoken, to begin and go on , to proceed (poet.): pergite, Pierides, Verg. E. 6, 13.