Suicide in Middle Earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

02-26-2002, 04:27 PM

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

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The word suicide come from the Latin sui meaning self and another word, which I have forgotten meaning murder.

The word you're thinking of is occidere - to kill. None of the characters who relinquish life do so by an act of violence against themselves, wherein lies the distinction.

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