εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
cārectum: i, n. carex,
I a place covered with sedge or rushes, a sedge-plot, Verg. E. 3, 20; Col. 6, 22, 2; Pall. Aug. 3.