Adeptus Astartes -> Adepti Astartae. Adeptus Terra -> Adepti Terrae. As said, Google Translate and a little internet research on the Latin. The Adeptus Custodes, known as the Legio Custodes before the Horus Heresy, is the Imperial Adepta responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace and the physical body of the Emperor of Mankind. It is an elite cadre of genetically-engineered transhuman warriors who are even more potent in combat than the Adeptus Astartes.
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Hello, Astartes means Stars, Adeptus means the ones that get hold of something. So the Adeptus Astartes means literally those who conquer the stars aka Space Marines. Adeptus Mechanicum.
Holder of everything that has to do with mechanic. Those who hold and further the knowledge of technology and use it. Adeptus Custodes. Custodes means Guardians, caretaker, protector. The personal guard of the emperor and terra. The praetorian guard of the imperial palace. And the most handsome males in all humanity, we have to train those abs.
They fight naked to attune for their sin of not protecting the emperor proberly during the horus heresy. Adeptus Terra, Holder of Terra aka the Earth. Central bureaucracy and priesthood that rules Earth.
Adeptus Arbites. Arbites means judge in latin. So Adeptus Arbites, is the justice department of the empire, police and judge in personal union like Judge Dredd. Adeptus Administratum The paper warriors of Terra, the central bureaucracy, it is part of Adeptus Terra.
Adeptus Ministorum, the priesthood of terra, part of Adeptus Terra also known as the Ecclesiarchy. Adeptus Sororitas, the fighting arm of the Adeptus ministorum.
The Ecclesiarchy is not allowed to field male soldiers, because sometime in history the adeptus ministorum tried to ursurp the power of the Adeptus Terra, which lead to a civil war on Terra. So those cunning bastards try to circumvent the legalese limitation by fielding female elite soldier, the sororitas. Sororitas means sisterhood in latin. Departmento Munitorum: The logistic department of the Empire of Man. Those guys ship around the supplies and reinforcements for the imperial army and the adeptus astardes. Astra militarum, astra means stars, militarum = warfare, the department of star wars of the empire, the imperial army.
The emperor protects. I thought I was knowledgeable about the Adeptus Astartes but I've learnt quite a bit!
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But yes, essentially Adeptus would be 'an adept' or 'school of adepts' and Astartes is more formal name of Space Marine. It's interesting that the term 'Space Marine' isn't used so much in the Horus Heresy novels, preferring Astartes. Other words of interest are Officio Assassinorm - The Office of Assassins, esentially secret servies, MI5 (only with a lot more emphasis on killing rather than intelligence gathering) Ordo Xenos - The Inquisition Order of the Culling of Xenos. Ordo Hereticus - The Inquisition Order of the Cleansing of Heretics. Codex Astartes - The Teachings and Ways of the Astartes (their bible and rulebook, essentially) Adeptus Videogamun - The Adepts of Videogames, searching human colonies for ancient relics of video games past. That one's not considered canon, but it is real 'cause I made it, and I lead its game crusade.
There's loads more out there, and the different Imperium codexes will provide you with many more fluff terms. Or you can check out the Lexicanum, which is brimming with fluff gathered from various sources. Originally posted by:Translating the 'Gothic' Pseudo Language is hard, as it is only loosely based on Latin (this is my memory of the old Rogue Trader book) Adeptus Astartes = Expert of the Stars Adeptus Ministorum = Expert of the Administration Adeptus Mechanicus = Expert of the Machines Adeptus Astra Telepathica = Expert of Space Mind Reading Scholastica Psykana = Psyker School Homo Sapiens Rotundus = Squats Homo Sapiens Gigantus = Ogryns Homo Sapiens Minimus = Halflings Space Marines are also known as Homo Sapiens Astartes. Originally posted by:Well Adept is a expert in some field,and adding the us makes it Greek IG lol Astarte i believe is a Greek way of, And tell me the actual name of the god: i don't know names exactly lol, saying the a old Middle Eastern God of War. So basically Experts in War, But thats just my way of viewing it and the real term can be different from person to person.
One of the worst items of retardation is believing that the meaning of words can vary 'from person to person'. Good job dreadging up this nearly two year old dead thread to insult someone though.
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