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In [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] the verb for "rise up" is ''[[Wiktionary:orior|orior]]''. ''[[Wiktionary:orta#Latin|orta]]'' is feminine for "she who is raised". It is unknown if Tolkien was inspired by the following connection
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In [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] the verb for "rise up" is ''[[Wiktionary:orior|orior]]'', and ''[[Wiktionary:orta#Latin|orta]]'' is a feminine form meaning "she who is raised". It is unknown if [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] was inspired by these similarities.
 
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orta- is a Quenya verb meaning "rise, raise, lift up".[1][2][3] The form of the past tense is ortane ("lifted up").[4][1]

[edit] Etymology

In "Words, Phrases and Passages", the word derives from root OR, ORO, RŌ ("rise, mount").[1]

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[edit] Inspiration

In Latin the verb for "rise up" is orior, and orta is a feminine form meaning "she who is raised". It is unknown if Tolkien was inspired by these similarities.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 63-4
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 379
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 426
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 67
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