XANTHICUS.See Time, p. 937a.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
zan?thi-kus (Ξανθικός, Xanthikós): The name of a month which occurs in 2 Macc 11:30, 33, 38. It corresponds to Nisan (April) of the Jewish calendar. See CALENDAR; TIME; YEAR.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Ξανθικός), the name of the sixth month among the Seleucid Syrians (2Ma_11:30; 2Ma_11:33; 2Ma_11:38 [2Ma_12:1]), i.e., in the Macedonian calendar (Ideler, Handb. d. Chronol. 1:392 sq.). Josephus makes it parallel with the Jewish Nisan (Ant. 1:3, 3; 3:10, 5; comp. War, 5:3, 1). SEE MONTH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.