τὸ δ' ἐξαίφνης τὸ ἐν ἀναισθήτῳ χρόνῳ διὰ μικρότητα ἐκστάν → suddenly refers to what has departed from its former condition in a time imperceptible because of its smallness
ἐλάαν: Ἐπ. ἀπαρ. τοῦ ἐνεστ. τοῦ ἐλάω, ἐλαύνω, Ὁμ.˙ ἀλλὰ τοῦ μέλλοντος ἐν Ἰλ. Ρ. 496, πρβλ. καὶ Κόντον ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς τ. Α΄, σ. 559.
inf. fut. épq. de ἐλαύνω.
v. ἐλαύνω.
