Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
per-vĭgĕo: gŭi, 2, v. n.,
I to continue blooming, to bloom to the last: opibus atque honoribus perviguere, i. e. remained in constant possession of, etc., Tac. A. 4, 34.