atalta- vb. "collapse, fall in" (TALÁT), weak pa.t. ataltanë "down-fell, fell down" in LR:47 and SD:247, but strong past tense atalantë "down-fell" in LR:56
Quenya
atalantë
proper name. Downfall(en)
Cognates
- Ad. Akallabêth “Downfallen” ✧ Let/347; PM/158; S/281; SI/Akallabêth; SI/Atalantë
Derivations
- √TALAT “to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin; slipping, sliding, falling down; ground (bottom), to slip (down), collapse, fall in ruin; slipping, sliding, falling down; ground (bottom); [ᴹ√] slide down, incline, slope, lean, tip, topple over” ✧ Let/347; PM/158
Elements
Word Gloss atalantë “collapse, downfall” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √talat > Atalantie [atalantie] ✧ Let/347 √TALAT > atalantë [atalante] ✧ PM/158 Variations
- Atalantie ✧ Let/347
- Atalantië ✧ LRI/Atalantë
- atalantë ✧ PM/158
lanta-
verb. to fall, to fall; [ᴱQ.] to drop
Cognates
- S. danna- “to fall” ✧ PE17/062
Derivations
- √DAT “fall down, fall to ground” ✧ PE17/062
Element in
- Q. ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen “ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
- Q. ai! lassi lantar laurië súrinen “ah! leaves fall golden in [by means of] the wind” ✧ RGEO/58
- Q. isilmë lantalassë “in the moon falling” ✧ MC/222
- ᴺQ. lantanwa “fallen”
- Q. nai laurë lantuva parmastanna lúmissen tengwiesto “may (a) golden light fall on your book at the times of your reading” ✧ VT49/47
- ᴺQ. nalanta- “to attack, (lit.) fall upon”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √DAN-TA > lanta- [danta-] > [lanta-] ✧ PE17/062
atalantë
noun. collapse, downfall
Element in
Variations
- atalante ✧ MC/223; PE18/088 (atalante)
- talante ✧ PE18/088 (talante)
atalta-
collapse, fall in
ataltare
noun. collapse
atalantë
downfall, overthrow, especially as name [atalantë] of the [downfallen] land of númenor
atalantë noun "downfall, overthrow, especially as name [Atalantë] of the [downfallen] land of Númenor" (DAT/DANT, TALÁT, Akallabêth, SD:247, 310; also LR:47, VT45:26). Variant atalantië "Downfall", said to be a normal noun-formation in Quenya (Letters:347, footnote). From the common noun atalantë "collapse, downfall" is derived the adj. atalantëa "ruinous, downfallen", pl. atalantië in Markirya (changed to sg. atalantëa this change does not make immediate sense, since the adjective undoubtedly modifies a plural noun, but Tolkien does not always let adjectives agree in number).
A Quenya name of Númenor after its fall into the sea (S/281), it is simply the noun atalantë “collapse, downfall” used as a name (MC/223).
Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Atalante appeared in the earliest tales of the fall of Númenor (LR/11, 25), usually in this form though at least once appearing as Atalantie (Let/347). Its resemblance to the name Atlantis was intentional (Let/347), created as part of the background for Tolkien’s (unfinished) time-travel story about Atlantis: “The Lost Road” (LR/36-104).