pergo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to move
Literal translation to go
Variants
pergo
Edited by
to move verb of motion

Per cetera vero signa pergens bonos actus bonas occupationes et bonae felicitatis decernit ornatum

‘Going through the other signs he indicates good deeds and occupations, fame and increase in income’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.23

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.37

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pergo (Lemma #1243). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pergo (Lemma #1243). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pergo (Lemma #1243). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pergo (Lemma #1243), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1243,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pergo ({Lemma} #1243)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1243/},
}