Xanthicus
(), 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.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Xanthicus
XANTHICUS.See Time, p. 937a.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Xanthicus
zanthi-kus (, Xanthikos): 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.