Harmosta, in antiquity, a sort of magistrate among the Spartans, whereof there were several, whose business was to look to the building of citadels, and repairing the forts and fortifications of the cities.—The word is συμβολή, formed of σύν, ἀπό, κοινόν, "I adapt, concert," &c.

Harmosynians, συμβολή, in antiquity, were magistrates among the Spartans, who, after the death of Lycurgus, were appointed to enforce the observance of that law of the Spartan legislator which required married women to wear a veil when they appeared in the streets, whereby they were distinguished from single females, who were allowed to appear abroad with their faces uncovered.