On the use of the ablative of the gerund and the nominative of the present participle in Latin technical literature

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agri cultura Agriculture 2 nd c. BC 16.026 Varro Res rusticae Agriculture 2 nd-1 st c. BC 35.692 Celsus De medicina Medicine 1 st c. AD 104.017 Columella Res rustica Agriculture 1 st c. AD 109.177 Chiron Mulomedicina Chironis Veterinary medicine 4 th c. AD 65.580 Ps. Apuleius Herbarium Herbarium 4 th c. AD 18.725 Pelagonius Ars veterinaria Veterinary medicine 4 th-5 th c. AD 22.541 Palladius Opus agriculturae Agriculture 5 th c. AD 42.159 Vegetius Digesta artis mulomedicinae Veterinary medicine 5 th c. AD 48.409 Anthimus De obseruatione ciborum epistula ad Theodericum regem Francorum Cookery 6 th c. AD