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
[Seite 89] (ἄλαστος, eigtl. etwas nicht verschmerzen), unwillig sein, Hom. zweimal, ἀλαστήσας Il. 12, 163, ἠλάστεον 15, 21; τινί Man. 2, 183.
