Element names above 118

Question

IUPAC in their insufferable wisdom have created a systematic element name for any newly created element. This is the temporary name of an element until they finally make up their minds about an actual name. It works like so: each digit of an element number is assigned a prefix based on its value. The prefixes are concatenated with ‘ium’ at the end. When this is done and if you get double i’s (ii) or triple n’s (nnn), replace them with single i’s and double n’s. The symbol for the element is the first letter of each prefix used concatenated and result capitalized. The prefixes used are below.

0 nil       5 pent
1 un        6 hex
2 bi        7 sept
3 tri       8 oct
4 quad      9 enn

So for this golf, your code needs to generate both the element name and its symbol for a given positive integer. So if your code was given 137, it should print to stdout or return both untriseptium and Uts. It should be valid from at least 118 to 558. Any higher is valid if it doesn't increase your code's length.

Python example showing the method:

def elename(n):
    '''Return name and symbol of new element for given element number.'''
    prefixes=['nil','un','bi','tri','quad','pent','hex','sept','oct','enn']
    nmeFixes, symFixes = [], []

    while n:  # each digit of element number is assigned a prefix
        n, i = divmod(n, 10)
        pf = prefixes[i]

        symFixes.append(pf[0])  # symbol uses only first letter of prefix
        nmeFixes.append(pf)

    # loop assembled prefixes in reverse order
    nmeFixes.reverse()
    symFixes.reverse()

    nmeFixes.append('ium')  # suffix
    name = ''.join(nmeFixes)
    symb = ''.join(symFixes).capitalize()

    # apply rule about too many n's or i's
    name = name.replace('nnn','nn')  # can happen with -90-
    name = name.replace('ii','i')  # -2ium or -3ium

    return name, symb

---

Eric Towers wins with cadmium bytes!

Answer 1

Mathematica 10.1, indium (49) cadmium (48)

This solution uses a built-in library of element properties, including IUPAC names and abbreviations. (I haven't seen this as a technique to be avoided in Golf. It seems to be encouraged. But this might be on (perhaps over) the edge of acceptable -- Mathematica implements this library (and many others) by downloading data from Wolfram's servers the first time you use it (and I presume checks for updates occasionally).)

f=ElementData@@@{{#,"Abbreviation"},{#,"Name"}}&
(* 
Improved by @user5254 from 
f[n_]:=ElementData[n,#]&/@{"Abbreviation","Name"} 
*)

f[48]
(* {"Cd", "cadmium"} *)

f[118]
(* {"Uuo", "ununoctium"} *)

f[122]
(* {"Ubb", "unbibium"} *)

f[190]
(* {"Uen", "unennilium"} *)

f[558]
(* {"Ppo", "pentpentoctium"} *)

f[10^100-1]
(* {"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee", "ennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennium"} *)

How would this compare to using elements.py or periodictable.py in Python?

Edit: Months later: Noticed I had typo'ed the abbreviation output for 122. I've re-run the code and verified that I made this error, not Mathematica.

Answer 2

Python 3, Unhexseptium (167) bytes

h=x='';r=str.replace
for i in input():s=r('nubtqphsoeinirueeecnl  ianxptn    dt t'[int(i)::10],' ','');h+=s;x+=s[0]
print(r(r(h+'ium\n','ii','i'),'nnn','nn')+x.title())

These are the results when the program is run on every number from 1 to 999 (inclusive)

Answer 3

Pip, Thorium Actinium Radon (86)

^{(Don't inhale this entry, it'll give you lung cancer.)}

P(aR,tY"nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn"^s)."ium"R`ii|nnn`_@>1Yy@_@0MaUC:y@0y

Takes the element number as a command-line argument and outputs the name & abbreviation on separate lines.

Explanation (somewhat ungolfed):

Y"nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn"^s  Build list of prefixes & store in y

    ,t                                         Range(10)
 (aR  y)                                       Replace each digit in input with
                                                 corresponding element in prefix list
        ."ium"                                 Append "ium"
              R`ii|nnn`_@>1                    Reduce too-long runs of letters
P                                              Print

 {y@a@0}Ma                                     For each digit in input, get first character
                                                 of corresponding prefix
Y                                              Store that list in y
          UC:y@0                               Uppercase the first item of y in place
                y                              Print y (items concatenated)

The ii and nnn handling uses a regex replacement with a callback function (added in the most recent version of Pip): for every match of ii|nnn, take all but the first character and use as a replacement.

Answer 4

GNU sed, 171 (unseptunium)

s/0/Nil/g
s/1/Un/g
s/2/Bi/g
s/3/Tri/g
s/4/Quad/g
s/5/Pent/g
s/6/Hex/g
s/7/Sept/g
s/8/Oct/g
s/9/Enn/g
s/$/ium/
h
s/[a-z]//g
G
s/./\L&/g
s/./\U&/
s/\n/ /
s/ii/i/g
s/nnn/nn/g

I assume it doesn't matter what order the name and symbol are returned in. Here, symbol comes first:

$ seq 180 190 | sed -f iupac.sed 
Uon unoctnilium
Uou unoctunium
Uob unoctbium
Uot unocttrium
Uoq unoctquadium
Uop unoctpentium
Uoh unocthexium
Uos unoctseptium
Uoo unoctoctium
Uoe unoctennium
Uen unennilium
$ 

Answer 5

JavaScript (ES6) 164 (unhexquadium) 171

The capitalization is the tricky part. (Test in FireFox)

Edit 3 bytes saved thx user2786485

f=n=>[([...n+(l='')].map(c=>(c='nil,un,bi,tri,quad,pent,hex,sept,oct,enn'.split`,`[c],n=l?n+c[0]:c[0].toUpperCase(),l+=c)),l+'ium').replace(/i(i)|n(nn)/g,'$1$2'),n]

function test() { O.innerHTML=f(+I.value) }

test()

for(o='',i=99;i++<999;)o+=i+' '+f(i)+'\n';P.innerHTML=o

<input id=I onchange="test()" value="164"><span id=O></span><pre id=P></pre>

Answer 6

Mathematica, unhexunium 163 161 bytes

now capitalises symbol

This is Mathematica without the built-in ElementData.

f=StringReplace[##<>"ium, "<>{ToUpperCase@#1,##2}~StringTake~1&@@ToString/@nil[un,bi,tri,quad,pent,hex,sept,oct,enn][[IntegerDigits@#]],{"ii"->"i","nnn"->"nn"}]&

Test on 10 random numbers:

# -> f[#]& /@ RandomInteger[{118, 558}, 10] // ColumnForm

155->unpentpentium, Upp
338->tritrioctium, Tto
477->quadseptseptium, Qss
261->bihexunium, Bhu
158->unpentoctium, Upo
164->unhexquadium, Uhq
266->bihexhexium, Bhh
331->tritriunium, Ttu
404->quadnilquadium, Qnq
389->trioctennium, Toe

Answer 7

Ruby - 163 156 147 143 134 (Untriquadium) bytes

o=u='';gets.bytes{|c|k=%w[Nil un bI trI quad pent hex sept oct enN Ium][c%48];o+=k;u+=k[0]};puts o.tr_s('IN','in'),u[0..-2].capitalize

I'm hoping to golf this way down

Edit: Thanks for @steveverrill for shaving off 9 bytes!

Edit2: Thanks for @steveverrill again for another 4 bytes! (Really clever solution!)

Answer 8

Pyth, 67 bytes (Hol­mium)

rshMJ@Lcs@LGjC"]ß!âÿeóÑiSÑA¼R¬HE"24\fjQT3-"ium"epj"nn"csJ*\n3

Try it online in the Pyth Compiler/Executor.

How it works

            jC"…"24       Convert the string from base 256 to base 24.
        s@LG              Select the letter that corresponds to each digit.
       c           \f     Split at 'f'.
     @L              jQT  Select the chunk that corresponds to each input digit.
    J                     Save in J.
 shM                      Form a string of the first letters of the chunks.
r                       3 Capitalize the first character.
                          Print. (implicit)

             csJ*\n3      Split the flattened J at "nnn".
        j"nn"             Join, separating by "nn".
       p                  Print.
-"ium"e                   Remove the last character ('i'?) from "ium".
                          Print. (implicit)

Answer 9

JavaScript (ES6), 210 202 Bytes (Biunnilium Binilbium)

Minus octium (8) bytes, thanks to @edc65!

130 159 147 Bytes (Untrinilium Unpentennium Unquadseptium)

f=z=>(c=(b=(z+"").split``.map(x=>"nil.un.bi.tri.quad.pent.hex.sept.oct.enn".split`.`[+x])).join``.replace(/nnn/g,"n"))+(c[c.length-1]!="i"?"i":"")+"um,"+(a=b.map(x=>x[0])).shift().toUpperCase()+a.join``

Input like f(324). Ugh, I felt so golf-y.

Answer 10

CJam, 74 72 71 70 69 bytes (Thulium)

r:i"ؾaÈÁaÎE<Ä+&:¬úD±"380b24b'af+)/f=_:c(euoS@s'n3*/"nn"*)"ium"|

Note that the code contains unprintable characters.

Thanks to @Sp3000 for pointing out an error in my initial revision and suggesting the )/ approach.

Try it online in the CJam interpreter:.

How it works

r:i     e# Read a token and push the array of its character codes.
"…"     e# Push a string of unprintable characters.
380b24b e# Convert it from base 380 to base 24.
'af+    e# Add the character 'a' to each base-24 digit.
        e# This pushes "bijtrijquadjpentjhexjseptjoctjennjniljunj".
)/      e# Pop the last character and split the string at the remaining occurrences.
f=      e# For each character code in the input, select the correspoding chunk.
_:c     e# Push a copy and cast each string to character.
(euo    e# Shift out the first character, convert to uppercase, and print.
S@      e# Push a space and rotate the array of string on top of it.
s       e# Flatten the array of string.
'n3*/   e# Split at occurrences of "nnn". 
"nn"*   e# Join, using "nn" as separator.
)"ium"| e# Pop the last character and perform setwise union with "ium".
        e# If the last character is, e.g., 't', this pushes "tium".
        e# If the last character is 'i', this pushes "ium".

Answer 11

Matlab, 170 (Unseptnilium)

Works on all inputs you can throw at it, from nilium up to, well as far as you care to go. I got to ennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennennium before I gave up with pressing the 9 key.

l=['nubtqphsoe';'inirueeecn';'l  ianxptn';'    dt t  '];i=input('','s')-47;s=l(1,i);s(1)=s(1)-32;a=l(:,i);disp([strrep(strrep([a(a>32)' 'ium '],'nnn','nn'),'ii','i') s]);

And an explanation:

%Create a 2D array of the prefixes transposed
l=['nubtqphsoe';'inirueeecn';'l  ianxptn';'    dt t  '];
%Grab the input number
i=input('','s')     %Request the input and convert to string
               -47; %Convert from ASCII into an array of indecies (1 indexed)
%Generate the short form
s=l(1,i);
%Capitalise first letter in short form
s(1)=s(1)-32;
%Extract required prefixes for long form
a=l(:,i);
%Now the fun bit:
                     a(a>32)'                                    %Combine the prefixes removing spaces and transpose into a string
                    [         'ium ']                            %Append 'ium ' to the string (the space is to separate the short form)
             strrep(                 ,'nnn','nn')                %Replace 'nnn' with 'nn'
      strrep(                                    ,'ii','i')      %Replace 'ii' with 'i'
disp([                                                     s]); %And display both full and short form strings together

Answer 12

TI-BASIC, 223 218 bytes

Input N
"nil un  bi  tri quadpenthex septoct enn→Str4
"int(10fPart(N/10^(X→Y₁
"sub(Str4,1+4Y₁,int(3fPart(e^(Y₁)1.5154)+2^not(X=2 and .9=fPart(N%) or X=1 and 1=int(5fPart(.1N→Y₂
"ium,"+sub("UBTQP",int(N%),1
For(X,1,3
Y₂+Ans+sub(Y₂(3-X),1,1
End
sub(Ans,1,length(Ans)-1

Element number N can only have a triple "n" if it ends in 90, and can only have a double-"i" if the last digit is 2 or 3. We use math to check those cases.

The magic number 1.5154, which stores the length of each prefix, was found using a Python script to search all decimals of length ≤7 using the functions cosh(, cos(, and e^(.

Not done golfing yet, but TI-BASIC's two-byte lowercase letters and lack of string manipulation commands, as always, will hurt this program's score.

Answer 13

Python 3, unpentquadium (156 155 154) bytes

n=e=""
for c in input():s="nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn".split()[int(c)];n+=s[c<"1"<"nn"==n[-2:]:];e+=s[0]
print(n.strip("i")+"ium",e.title())

Instead of replacing ii with i we rstrip any is before we tack on the ium, since that's the only possible source of double is. Similarly, we strip ns by checking for an enn/nil case.

Answer 14

CJam, 95 bytes

liAbA,"nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn"S/er_:c(eu\+_1>"en"={\W"il"t\}&S@:+)_'i=!*"ium"

Try it online

This competes in the category "languages without regex, and only using printable characters." ;) Didn't really expect it to be as short as some of the already posted solutions, but I was curious how long it would end up anyway. And since I got it now, I might as well post it.

Explanation:

li      Get input and convert to int.
Ab      Encode in decimal.
A,      Build list [0 .. 9].
"..."   String with prefixes.
S/      Split at spaces.
er      Transliterate. We now have a list of the prefix for each digit.
_:c     Copy and take first character of each, for short form.
(       Pop off first character.
eu      Convert it to upper case.
\+      Put it back in place. Done with short form.
_1>     Remove first character.
"en"=   Compare with "en", corresponding to the 90 special case.
{       Handle 90 case, replace 
  \       Swap full prefix list to top.
  W"il"t  Replace "nil" by "il" to avoid "nnn".
  \       Swap short form back to top.
}&      End of 90 case.
S       Push space between short form and full name.
@       Swap prefix list to top.
:+      Concatenate all the prefixes.
)       Pop off the last letter.
_'i=    Compare it with 'i.
!*      Multiply letter with comparison result. This gets rid of letter if it's 'i.
"ium"   Add the final part of the output.

Answer 15

Retina, 206 196 186 179 (Unseptennium) bytes (Try it online)

Thanks to @MartinBüttner (https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/users/8478/martin-b%C3%BCttner) for teaching me this language.

Thanks to @FryAmTheEggman for chopping off 7 bytes.

T`d`nubtq\p\hs\oe
.+
$&, $&
(?<=,.*n)
il
(?<=,.*e)n?
nn
(?<=,.*u)
n
(?<=,.*b)
i
(?<=,.*t)
ri
(?<=,.*q)
uad
(?<=,.*p)
ent
(?<=,.*h)
ex
(?<=,.*s)
ept
(?<=,.*o)
ct
r`i?$
ium
T`l`L`^.

Ueh-byte version: here

Bnh-byte version: here

Answer 16

Go, 322 Bytes (tribibium)

package main
import("os"
"strings"
"fmt")
func main(){p,n,s:="nil un  bi  tri quadpenthex septoct enn ","",make([]byte,0)
b:=make([]byte,3)
os.Stdin.Read(b)
var d byte=32
for _,r:=range b{i:=r-48
n+=p[4*i:4*i+4]
s,d=append(s,p[4*i]-d),0}
fmt.Printf("%sium %s",strings.NewReplacer(" ","","ii","i","nnn","nn").Replace(n),s)}

Reads three characters from STDIN, more are ignored, less result in a crash. So it works for every number between unnilnilium and ennennennium.

Answer 17

Haskell, bipentbium (305 271 269 265 261 259 253 252 bytes)

import Data.Char
main=getLine>>=putStr.a
m=map toLower
a n=(r.m$p)++(k.filter isUpper$p)where p=(n>>=(words"Nil Un Bi Tri Quad Pent Hex Sept Oct Enn"!!).digitToInt)++"ium "
r('n':'n':'n':x)="nn"++r x
r('i':'i':x)='i':r x
r(x:z)=x:r z
r x=x 
k(h:t)=h:m t

Shaved 34 bytes off thanks to nimi.

Answer 18

PowerShell, 170 168 165 (Unhexpentium)

-join($a="$input"[0..9]|%{(($x=(-split'Nil Un Bi Tri Quad Pent Hex Sept Oct Enn')["$_"]).ToLower(),$x)[!($y++)]})+'ium'-replace'(nn)n|(i)i','$1$2'
-join($a|%{$_[0]})

Fairly straightforward and no surprises here. Except maybe that I solved the capitalization issue by lower-casing everything but the first part and having the individual parts already in title-case. Agrressively inlined by now to avoid losing characters for bare variable assignments.

Bonus after the last change: Now works for longer element numbers as well:

> echo 1337| powershell -noprofile -file "element.ps1"
Untritriseptium
Utts

Answer 19

C on x86, 192 (Unennbium)

int c,s,a[8],x,main(){while((c=getchar()-48)>=0)x="nil\0un\0\0bi\0\0tri\0quadpenthex\0septoct\0enn"+4*c,strncat(a,x+(c<s-8),4),strncat(a+5,x,1),s=c;printf("%s%s %s",a,"ium"+((s&14)==2),a+5);}

Reads digits from stdin and prints the results to stdout. Relies on sizeof(char*) == sizeof(int).

Ungolfed version:

int c, s, // Current and last digit, initially zero (0-9, not '0'-'9')
    a[8], // Buffer to write to (type doesn't matter when passed by pointer)
    x; // Int-pointer into lookup table

main() {
    while ((c = getchar() - 48) >= 0) { // 48 == '0'
        x = "nil\0un\0\0bi\0\0tri\0quadpenthex\0septoct\0enn" + 4*c;
        strncat(a, x+(c<s-8), 4); // Write digit, skip first char if c==0 && s==9
        strncat(a+5, x, 1); // Write first digit character somewhere else
        s = c;
    }
    printf("%s%s %s", a, "ium"+((s&14)==2), a+5); // Append "ium" (or "um" if s==2||s==3)
}

Answer 20

GNU sed, unhexunium (161 bytes)

h
y/0123456789/nubtqphsoe/
s/./\u&/
x
s/$/ium/
:
s/0/nil/
s/1/un/
s/2/bi/
s/3/tri/
s/4/quad/
s/5/pent/
s/6/hex/
s/7/sept/
s/8/oct/
s/9/enn/
s/nnn/nn/
s/ii/i/
t
G

I generate the symbol first, then stash that into hold space and create the name. A loop is golfier than using /g for four or more replacements (we can have only one ii and/or one nnn, so they don't need to be inside the loop, but it doesn't hurt). Finally, retrieve and append the held symbol.

(N.B. I hadn't seen the existing sed answer when I wrote this)

Test cases

These exercise the ii and nnn special rules:

$ seq 100 89 1000 | ./60208.sed
unnilnilium
Unn
unoctennium
Uoe
biseptoctium
Bso
trihexseptium
Ths
quadpenthexium
Qph
pentquadpentium
Pqp
hextriquadium
Htq
septbitrium
Sbt
octunbium
Oub
ennilunium
Enu
ennennilium
Een

And a ridiculous one, showing how much more this code gives, compared to the physical world:

$ ./60208.sed <<<281039817
bioctunniltriennoctunseptium
Bounteous

Answer 21

T-SQL 329 bytes

creat proc x(@a char(3))as select replace(replace((select a.b as[text()]from(select left(@a,1)a union select substring(@a,2,1)union select right(@a,1))z join(values(0,'nil'),(1,'un'),(2,'bi'),(3,'tri'),(4,'quad'),(5,'pent'),(6,'hex'),(7,'sept'),(8,'oct'),(9,'enn'))a(a,b)on z.a=a.a for xml path(''))+'ium','ii','i'),'nnn','nn')

Formatted:

create proc x(@a char(3))as 
select replace(replace(
(select a.b as[text()]from
    (
    select left(@a,1)a 
    union select substring(@a,2,1)
    union select right(@a,1))z 
join(values(0,'nil'),(1,'un'),(2,'bi'),(3,'tri'),(4,'quad'),(5,'pent'),(6,'hex'),(7,'sept'),(8,'oct'),(9,'enn')
    )a(a,b)on z.a=a.a 
for xml path('')
)+'ium','ii','i'),'nnn','nn')

Answer 22

PHP, 152 153 163 bytes, unpentbium

Well, at least PHP is somewhere around average this time.

while(null!=$x=$argv[1][$i++]){$a.=$y=[nil,un,bi,tri,quad,pent,hex,sept,oct,enn][$x];$b.=$y[0];}echo str_replace([ii,nnn],[i,nn],$a.'ium ').ucfirst($b);

Runs form command line like:

pentium.php 163

Output:

unhextrium Uht

---

Ungolfed

$y = array('nil','un','bi','tri','quad','pent','hex','sept','oct','enn');

while (null != ($x = $argv[1][$i++])) {
    $a .= $y[$x];
    $b .= $y[$x][0];
}

echo str_replace(
        array('ii','nnn'),
        array('i','nn'),
        $a . 'ium ')
     .ucfirst($b);

---

Edit

• saved 10 bytes by replacing all (not only one, duh) array()-initializer with []
• saved 1 byte by adding the whitespace along with 'ium ' instead using an extra concatenation .' '.

Answer 23

Javascript - 169 bytes

n=>eval(`q='nil0un0bi0tri0quad0pent0hex0sept0oct0enn'.split(0);for(b of (_=$='')+n){c=q[b];$+=q[b];_+=(_?c:c.toUpperCase())[0]}$.replace(/i$()|n(nn)/g,'$1$2')+'ium '+_`)

Bizarrely, my attempts to use map were longer than the for loop.

EDIT: Oops, forgot to check the date.

Answer 24

PHP, 131+1 bytes (untriunium)

still awfully long:

for(;~$c=$argn[$i];print$i++?$n[0]:$n&_)$r.=$n=[nil,un,bi,tri,quad,pent,hex,sept,oct,enn][$c];echo strtr(_.$r.ium,[ii=>i,nnn=>nn]);

Run as pipe with -nR or try it online.

Answer 25

Perl, 109 (Unnilennium) bytes

108 code + 1 switch

perl -pe 's!.!qw{Nil Un Bi Tri Quad Pent Hex Sept Oct Enn}[$&]!ge;s!nnN!nN!g;s!i?$!ium!;$_=lc$_.y!a-z!!dr;s!\b.!\U$&!g'

Takes input from STDIN as one number per line.

Answer 26

C# 229 (Bibiennium) 198 unennoctium bytes

The "n-'0'" trick is a way to convert from ascii to int. Char 9 = ASCII 57. Char 0 = ASCII 48, so 57-48 = 9.

static private string ToText(int v) { return (string.Join("",v.ToString().Select((char n)=>"nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn".Split()[n-'0']))+"ium").Replace("nnn","nn").Replace("ii","i")+" "+string.Join("",v.ToString().Select((char n)=>"nubtqphsoe"[n-'0'])); }

    static private string ToText(int  v)
    {
        string u,r="",t="";
        return v.ToString().Select((char n)=>{u="nil un bi tri quad pent hex sept oct enn".Split()[n-48];r+=u;t+=u[0];return r;}).Last()+"ium".Replace("nnn","nn").Replace("ii","i")+" "+t;
    }

This approach takes the int, converts to a string, then performs a LINQ select of characters that fires off a lambda.

The lambda generates an array on the fly (less characters than defining it) by splitting the string of prefixes. It then pulls the index of the prefix to use by looking at the current character's int value (the n-'0' trick mentioned above).

All that is wrapped in a string.Join which concatenates all of the LINQ results together. Tack on the "ium", then a couple of .Replace statements at the end to clean up the nnn' and ii's.

Added the missing symbol output. I think there's a more efficient way by merging the two LINQs, but it's way to late to keep poking at it.

Answer 27

Java 8 216Bytes

String f(int i){
String[] s = {"nil","un","bi","tri","quad","pent","hex","sept","oct","enn"};
return ((""+i).chars().mapToObj(y->s[y-48]).collect(Collectors.joining())+"ium").replace("ii","i").replace("nnn","n");
}

Answer 28

C, 210 204 unennennium (199) bytes

This requires ASCII as the runtime character set.

f(char*n,char*s){char*c="NilUnBiTriQuadPentHexSeptOctEnn",*p,*o=n,i,j;for(;*n;){for(j=i=*n-48,p=c;*p&32||i--;++p);for(*s++=*n=*p+32;*++p&32;)*s++=*p;s-=*n++-j==39||j/2-*n==1;}*o-=32;strcpy(s,"ium");}

I did try a recursive solution (which avoids the need for p and o) but that turned out longer.

I'm particularly proud/ashamed of the matcher for the regexp 90|[23]$, which relies on 9 and 0 being the furthest separated digits (and therefore the only pair that differ by 9 - the 39 in the code is a consequence of j being an integer value and *n still an ASCII character) and that 2 and 3 differ only in the last bit, so dividing by 2 conflates them.

Expanded code:

void f(char *n,                 /* input number / output symbol */
       char *s)                 /* output name */
{
    char *c = "NilUnBiTriQuadPentHexSeptOctEnn", /* digit names */
        *p,
        *o = n,                 /* first char of input */
        i, j;                   /* current digit value */
    for (;*n;) {
        j = i = *n-48;
        for (p=c;  *p&32 || i--;  ++p) /* Find the i'th capital letter in c */
                ;
        for (*s++ = *n++ = *p++ + 32;  *p&32;  ) /* Downcase and copy following lowercase */
            *s++ = *p++;
        s -= *n-j==39 || j/2-*n==1;   /* backup one if 9 is followed by 0, or if 2 or 3 is at end of input */
    }
    *o -= 32;                   /* Capitalise symbol */
    strcpy(s,"ium");            /* Finish name */
}

Test harness:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    char buf[1024];
    while (*++argv) {
        f(*argv, buf);
        printf("%s %s\n", *argv, buf);
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Answer 29

R, 278 bytes

g<-function(x){k<-data.frame(c("nil","un","bi","tri","quad","pent","hex","sept","oct","enn"));row.names(k)<-0:9;n<-unlist(strsplit(as.character(x),""));return(sub("nnn","nn",sub("ii","i",paste(c(as.vector(k[n,]),"ium"," ",sapply(k[n,],function(x)substr(x,1,1))),collapse=""))))}

Not the best... but I'm still learning R so I thought I'd post my attempt. Any suggestions to make it better? Now that I think about it it's probably possible to subset on the nth-1 row rather than wasting space creating row names.

Example usage

> g(118)
[1] "ununoctium uuo"
> g(999)
[1] "ennennennium eee"
> g(558)
[1] "pentpentoctium ppo"
> g(118)
[1] "ununoctium uuo"
> g(90)
[1] "ennilium en"
> g(2)
[1] "bium b"

Ungolfed

g <- function(x) {
    k <- data.frame(c("nil","un","bi","tri","quad","pent","hex","sept","oct","enn"))
    row.names(k) <- 0:9
    n <- unlist(strsplit(as.character(x),""))
    return(
        sub("nnn", "nn", sub("ii", "i", paste(c(as.vector(k[n,]),"ium"," ", sapply(k[n, ],function(x)substr(x,1,1))), collapse = ""))))
}

1. Create a key, convert to data frame, and set as the variable k
2. Set the row names as 0-9 for easy identification
3. Take the input x, convert to character, split it up (e.g. 137 to "1" "3" "7")
4. Subset k based on the split number input and return the entries
5. Concatenate them together and add -ium
6. Also subset k using substring to pull the first letter of the matches. This is concatenated to the output of step 5 with a blank space between them
7. Use sub() to replace the nnn and ii patterns

Answer 30

Python, 154 bytes

import re
n=input('')
for c in n:
 print(re.sub('ii','i',re.sub('nnn','nn',['nil','un','bi','tri','quad','pent','hex','sept','oct','enn'][int(c)]+'ium')))