Nonnullae feminae circa templum stant et amicas exspectant.

Yes—that is exactly where it comes from.

Nonnullae is formed from non + nullae, so literally it means not none. In natural Latin, though, it is used idiomatically to mean some, several, or quite a few.

So:

• nullae feminae = no women
• nonnullae feminae = some women / several women

In this sentence, nonnullae agrees with feminae, so it means some women.

Because it must match feminae.

Latin adjectives and adjective-like words agree with the nouns they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, feminae is:

• feminine
• plural
• nominative (because it is the subject)

So nonnullae also has to be:

• feminine
• plural
• nominative

That is why the form is nonnullae, not nonnulli or nonnulla.

Because Latin endings can have more than one possible use, but the sentence tells you which one fits.

Feminae could be:

• nominative plural = women
• genitive singular = of the woman
• dative singular = to/for the woman

Here it must be nominative plural, because:

1. nonnullae matches it as a plural subject
2. stant and exspectant are both they-forms
3. The sentence needs a subject: some women

So nonnullae feminae = some women.

Because circa is a preposition that takes the accusative.

So:

• circa templum = around the temple

Even though English around the temple may sound like location, Latin still uses the accusative after circa.

This is something you usually just learn with the preposition:

• circa + accusative

In this sentence, it means around the temple or possibly near the temple in a physical sense.

The basic meaning of circa is spatial: around.

Depending on context, it can sometimes feel a little broader, like in the area around. But here, with people standing somewhere, the natural meaning is physical location:

• circa templum stant = they are standing around the temple

It does not mean about the temple in the sense of speaking on a topic here.

Because the Latin present tense can cover both ideas.

Stant is present tense, third person plural, from stare:

• they stand
• they are standing

Latin does not always distinguish between simple present and present progressive the way English does. So the context decides which English translation sounds best.

Here, since the sentence describes what the women are doing right now, English often prefers:

• Some women are standing around the temple...

But Some women stand around the temple... is not grammatically wrong as a literal translation.

From the verb ending.

Stant comes from stare and has the ending -nt, which marks:

• third person
• plural

So stant means:

• they stand
• they are standing

The subject is nonnullae feminae, so the full idea is:

• Some women stand / are standing

Because Latin usually does not need a separate subject pronoun when the verb ending already shows the person and number.

For example:

• stant = they stand
• exspectant = they wait for / expect

The -nt ending already tells you they.

Latin can add a pronoun like eae (they, feminine) if it wants extra emphasis or contrast, but normally it is unnecessary.

Because it is the direct object of exspectant.

The verb exspectare means to wait for or to expect, and the person or thing being waited for is the direct object in Latin.

So:

• amicas exspectant = they are waiting for friends

Since amicas is the direct object and is plural feminine, it appears in the accusative plural form -as.

Specifically female friends.

Amica means:

• female friend

Its accusative plural is amicas:

• female friends

If the sentence meant male friends, it would use forms of amicus. If it meant a mixed group, Latin might use the masculine plural amicos.

So this sentence specifically says the women are waiting for female friends.

They are related, but not the same.

• spectant = they watch / look at
• exspectant = they wait for / expect

So exspectant is not just look at. It has the idea of waiting in expectation.

In this sentence:

• amicas exspectant = they are waiting for their female friends

not

• they are looking at their female friends

Yes, Latin word order is more flexible than English word order because the endings show each word’s role.

This sentence could be rearranged in several ways without changing the basic meaning, for example:

• Circa templum nonnullae feminae stant et amicas exspectant.
• Nonnullae feminae amicas exspectant et circa templum stant.

The original order is straightforward and natural:

1. subject: nonnullae feminae
2. place phrase: circa templum
3. verb: stant
4. connector: et
5. object: amicas
6. verb: exspectant

Latin often uses word order for emphasis rather than for basic grammar.

Yes.

Et is the normal Latin word for and. Here it joins two verbs with the same subject:

• stant = they are standing
• exspectant = they are waiting for

So the structure is:

• Some women are standing around the temple and waiting for female friends.

The subject nonnullae feminae applies to both verbs.

It most naturally goes with stant, but in sense it can also describe the setting for both actions.

Strictly speaking, the phrase is placed right before stant:

• circa templum stant = they are standing around the temple

But because the same women are both standing and waiting in that place, English naturally understands the location as applying to the whole scene:

• Some women are standing around the temple and waiting for female friends.

So grammatically it is closest to stant, but semantically it helps set the scene for both verbs.

You would usually look them up like this:

• nonnullae → nonnullus, nonnulla, nonnullum = some, several
• feminae → femina, feminae = woman
• circa → circa = around
• templum → templum, templi = temple
• stant → sto, stare, steti = stand
• et → et = and
• amicas → amica, amicae = female friend
• exspectant → exspecto, exspectare = wait for, expect

That is the standard way you would identify each word in a vocabulary list or dictionary.