φοβοῦ τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον → fear old age, for it never comes alone
vastesco: ĕre,I v. inch. n. vastus, to become desert or waste: ne scelere tuo Thebani vastescant agri, Att. ap. Non. 185, 10.