vastesco

κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vastesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. vastus, to become desert or waste: ne scelere tuo Thebani vastescant agri, Att. ap. Non. 185, 10.

vāstēscō, ĕre (vastus), intr., devenir désert : Acc. Tr. 600.

vāstēsco, ere (vastus), öde-, wüst werden, Acc. tr. 600.