What does "vignetum pagaensis" mean?

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Request for Question Clarification by voila-ga on 31 May 2004 10:10 PDT

Hello andreotti,

Just doing an eyeball translation here but 'vignetum' is possibly a
pastoral scene; 'pagaensis,' a pageant or pageantry.  Maybe a
Shakespearean play staged outdoors (Midsummer Night's Dream, Winter's
Tale) or a Corpus Christi play.

But since there are many Latin/Greek crossover words, the Greek prefix
pago- translates to 'frost or freezing' and 'vignetum' could translate
to 'vines.'  With your Italian screen name, I'm leaning towards a
Greek translation.  ;-)
http://www.wordsources.info/refs-pa-py.html

Would either of these fit your context?

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Clarification of Question by andreotti-ga on 01 Jun 2004 13:02 PDT

The first is not likely - I received the phrase as a question in a
letter from a friend some time ago, the latter are more feasible,
although it does not make a lot of sense.

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 01 Jun 2004 13:41 PDT

Greetings, andreotti!

Can you post the *sentence* in which the phrase appeared? Context is
everything, and this might enable Researchers to give you a correct
definition.

Thanks,

aceresearcher

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Clarification of Question by andreotti-ga on 02 Jun 2004 12:23 PDT

Context is everything - but there really is not much of it, at least
not directly. The phrase is the full text in an email received from a
friend some time ago. The message reads: "vignetum pagaensis?". This
is meant as a riddle.

"Pagensis" means "rustic" in Latin. How certain are you of the spelling?

The spelling might not be correct, as the phrase was sent to me in a
letter. I am, though, certain that this is the phrase as received.