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
ἁδράλεστος: -ον, χονδροαλεσμένος, κυρίως ἐπὶ σίτου, «Παυσανίας δὲ καὶ ἐρεικτὸν πυρὸν λέγει τὸν μὴ εἰς ἄλευρα ἀληλεσμένον, ἀλλ’ ὥστε δύο ἐξ ἑνὸς γεγονέναι, ὃν ἄνθρωπος κοινὸς εἴποι ἂν ἀδράλεστον», Εὐστ. Ἰλ. Ν. 441.